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Edit Post #31594 Initial revision almost 5 years ago
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Answer A: How can I avoid a predictable plot?
The kind of terms in which I'd phrase what you're asking (and which you may find in searches elsewhere) is that: the story's climax must resolve the problem which was established in the inciting incident. So, yes, to be a satisfactory story, with a setup like that, it's probably going to need to end ...
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about 6 years ago
Answer A: Can Extensive Outlining Take the Place of the First Draft?
Your readers will only read the "final" draft. They will neither know nor care whether the finished version that they have in their hands is the first draft, or the fiftieth. That being the case, there is no requirement for any given number of drafts - either as a minimum or a maximum. The purpose o...
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almost 7 years ago
Answer A: Classic fantasy races lazy or boring?
In my opinion it depends very much on what your story is trying to achieve. The established fantasy races exist in hundreds, even thousands of other books. Are readers bored of that and itching for something new? Maybe, but on the other hand there's obviously still a market for it. If you come up wi...
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almost 7 years ago