Posted May 29th, 2021 at 08:45 PM by TGRF
Updated May 30th, 2021 at 12:34 PM by TGRF
TGRF's Fan Fiction Chronicles - Entry #73
I spent a few minutes looking at the screen today, the realization washing over me that I might have just defeated my greatest writing nemesis.
Throughout my writing years, I've narrowed down my problems to a few consistent ones. Crunched intros are there, due to me trying to introduce everything at once. Undeveloped antagonists seem to be haunting my more recent stories for some reason. Stakes - an older nemesis - hems and haws on if it's still an issue. But the big one, the main thing I seem to always struggle with, is a double-header: squished content, and the inability to get a character to change.
These are two sides (plot and character) of the same coin: absent middles. On one side, you have the plot, going straight from the beginning of the story, to the midpoint, and then straight to the end. What happens in the middle? Unfortunately, the 3-act structure is a void there. It took me awhile to...
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