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Q&A How to tell if my story is finished, or needs more?

Slightly obtuse title, let me elaborate. I'm writing my first screenplay, and I'm trying to keep it simple while making it simultaneously wonderful. It's just a rom-com. But as I write and modify...

1 answer  ·  posted 11y ago by temporary_user_name‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:50:08Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/7727
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar temporary_user_name‭ · 2019-12-08T02:50:08Z (about 5 years ago)
Slightly obtuse title, let me elaborate.

I'm writing my first screenplay, and I'm trying to keep it simple while making it simultaneously wonderful. It's just a [rom-com](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=romcom).

But as I write and modify and embellish the story, I can't seem to decide whether it's "enough."

Questions I'm asking myself: Does this portray an engaging series of events? Is this a story the viewer can get immersed in? Is this building to something, which is to say: Does this plot have enough conflict, tension, and suspense? Even in the soft doses involved in a rom-com?

I'm very unsure whether my story is too flat. How can I decide if I've reached the end?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-04-23T15:56:38Z (over 11 years ago)
Original score: 2