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Any story that has an open-ended ending essentially does this. Star Wars is a great example. At the end of the first movie, most of the personal plotpoints are fairly well wrapped up, but some ar...
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System
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2019-12-08T10:34:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Ryan_L
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2019-12-08T10:34:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
Any story that has an open-ended ending essentially does this. Star Wars is a great example. At the end of the first movie, most of the personal plotpoints are fairly well wrapped up, but some are left to sequels. Yes, the rebels won this battle, but what about the rest of the war? What happened to Luke's parents? What will Darth Vader be up to? Clearly, Star Wars; Episode 4: A New Hope does not end with a new status quo. Lord of the Rings does something similar. Yes, the Ring gets destroyed, Sauron gets defeated, but Middle Earth still has a lot of problems. The Entwives are still missing, orcs still exist and still hate everything, Melkor is still out there somewhere trying to corrupt things, and the elves are still fading away. Again, not a status quo. So basically, the key is to not wrap up every plot thread. Just wrap up a handful of major plot threads.
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System
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2019-01-14T01:04:16Z (almost 6 years ago)
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