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FFC #77 - Figuring out stakes

Posted August 18th, 2021 at 02:20 PM by TGRF
TGRF's Fan Fiction Chronicles - Entry #77

I’ve said elsewhere that I want to use this time to further study writing, specifically what I have left to work on.

One of those areas is stakes. Stakes have always been a bit of an issue for me, as I’ve mentioned before on numerous occasions. Despite various proclamations that I had ‘fixed’ stakes or ‘found the answers’, they always were difficult to work with when developing a story.

Over the years, I’ve gotten an increasing understanding of the nature of stakes. Not only in simply what works and what doesn’t, but why those things work or don’t. I’ve analyzed books and films, read research, and formulated my own findings. Usually when you come up with a theory that fits everything like a glove, it’s a sign you’re on the right track. Well, I’ve found such a theory, and I wanted to share it with the other writers here.

I’ve gotten bits and pieces of what exactly personal stakes (the...
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