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    Evolving vs Static Goal?

    I can agree with all of you’re saying. I personally don’t have a preference which is why I asked y’all to see what people generally like. And yeah, subtle twists are something I’d categorize as largely underused as unappreciated. Scene sounds sick by the way.
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    What are you Reading Now?

    Having some fun reading Crooked Kingdom, The sequel to Six of Crows. Great lore and characters and enjoy it’s insane solutions to seemingly inescapable problems.
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    Hello

    Hello, my name is Shashiri. I’m an aspiring writer who hopes to one day, by the grace of any entity with powers beyond ours, actually finish writing a project I’ve started. I “write” serial fiction mostly (write in quotations because I haven’t actually finished writing anything) but also do...
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    Evolving vs Static Goal?

    I watched it roughly two years ago so I doubt I could find it. But I do remember it using an example along the lines of this, paraphrased of course. “Say a protagonist’s goal is to defeat the antagonist, but to do so, he must first acquire an artifact that allows him to defeat the antagonist...
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    Why I Adore Static Protagonists

    While I can agree with a lot of the points you are making I disagree on a few key points here. 1. I don’t agree that every character is an over-the-top trope. This is a very broad generalization that is inaccurate, even if you are using hyperbole for impact. Some of the best characters are...
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    Evolving vs Static Goal?

    Is one better than the other? I know that most people will not understand what I mean by this since I’m more than likely not using the proper technical term, so I’ll give examples for clarity. What I mean by Evolving Goal is a story where the goal changes throughout the story. The character...
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