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Your character' drama should be moving in one direction and the major force or forces of world they live in should not be going in that direction, if anything there should be opposition betwixt.
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>>25640097
If you're bored writing it they'll be bored reading it
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>>25640097
Get the gods to fate your hero to do something absolutely abhorrent, and have them resist doing that, then have them do that out of choice. People will lave your balls if you get this right. So far only 4 people have done it right ever.
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>>25640097
All advice is tailor made.
Unless it is of the sort: "follow your heart" or "shut up and work". Even then unconvincing if not tailored for the person/s that need/s to hear it.
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>>25640115
That being said, it is always a good idea to give your main character really big balls (literally, not figuratively). I mean massive. Like basket balls. So big he needs special trousers.
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>>25640119
that's nuts
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>>25640126
Example:

There was a young man from Devizes,
Whose balls were two different sizes.
One was so small,
It was no use at all,
And the other one won several prizes.

See how the enormity of the one ball rescues this limerick from the literary embarrassment of writing that other, tiny, ball.
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>>25640097
Using specific detail is usually better than broad generalising.

Instead of saying the kitchen was run down, talk about how loud the refrigerator's motor is and the mold on the walls
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>>25640138
Yeah I get it but it's not really clear just how large the big one is. I'd like more detail. Like, really hit me with the size. Is it humungous? Gigantic? Stupendous? Ginormous? Gargantuan?
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>>25640097
You should probably give up.
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Kill yourself as theatrically as possible.
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>>25640097
Kill your babies, kill them dead,
kill your children, kill them red.
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Write as you would have others write. Consequence as acting as you would have others act.



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