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Your story is resolved too easily because no one pays a price for the ending. People face all kinds of practical problems every day and they resolve them in practical ways without much drama. Stori...
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System
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2020-01-03T20:41:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T13:04:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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System
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2019-12-08T13:04:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
Your story is resolved too easily because no one pays a price for the ending. People face all kinds of practical problems every day and they resolve them in practical ways without much drama. Stories are about the kind of problems that are not solved by merely practical measures. At the heart of a story, the protagonist has to make a choice between values. For Lizzy and Darcy to get together, he must give up his pride and she her prejudice. This is hard for both of them. It is that kind of choice that makes the resolution of a story difficult and also satisfying. A merely technical solution that costs no one anything is not interesting or satisfying. This is why in every disaster movie, a dad separated from his family has to fight the forces of nature/evil/etc to save is wife/child/collie rather than taking himself to the nearest red cross shelter like a sensible person. He has to choose between personal safety and those he loves. That choice is what makes the technical solution he comes up with satisfying.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-10-01T19:08:41Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 5