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Q&A How do you escalate a story's plot after killing the Big Bad?

Everyone remembers the Death Star and how it was supposed to be the most potent superweapon in the Star Wars-verse. Then in the Expanded Universe, they needed to add tension to the series since the...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:50:43Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/39011
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Incognito‭ · 2019-12-08T09:50:43Z (about 5 years ago)
Everyone remembers the Death Star and how it was supposed to be the most potent superweapon in the _Star Wars-verse_. Then in the Expanded Universe, they needed to add tension to the series since the Emperor was gone and kept pumping out new superweapons to the point where it became crazy. This ultimately cheapened the effect the original Death Star had by trying to one-up it in every book.

In many stories, it's hard to find a way to keep a series interesting after killing the Big Bad because everything was leading up to that confrontation. How do you prevent the story from getting stale after killing off the main villain?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-09-19T01:59:15Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 10