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Some critical rules for writing coherent genre fiction, courtesy of my writing teacher, who is very wise. I don't pretend to have mastered all of these, but their application can do wonders for a story, their lack can cripple it:

Employ the causal chain - every action must be connected to what comes before and after. Each action and beat needs to have impact. They don't all need to be shown but the author needs to know what they are. It is impossible to build suspense without this principle. Things can't happen "just because" or there's no reason for the audience to become engaged with your sequence of events or do things like make predictions. All subsequent rules follow from this principle.

When showing a new type of fictional magic or science, you must show it work before you can show it break. For example, if a character has the ability to summon objects into their hand, we need to see them do so successfully and see how it works, before we see it break at a critical moment during the climax. Otherwise, the audience can't be expected to follow why this situation is unusual because they don't know how it works during normal circumstances.

When claiming a character is good at something, you must show them succeeding at it before you show them failing at it during a moment of pressure. Otherwise, we don't believe you when you establish your character's competence or badassery. For example, when saying your character is an excellent military commander, we need to see them win a fight using those skills and tactics. We can't open with a fight they lose, or else the character and author lose credibility. By all means, show the experienced hero/military leader/ruler/assassin/mage etc break down during a moment of intense pressure, fall down sobbing in terror at a truly insurmountable foe, or otherwise fail to meet the moment, but don't do this before we've seen them succeed at least once, or the moment loses impact.

During the build-up of tension, coincidences should hurt the hero and help the antagonist. This plays into the causal chain rule. Coincidences that help the hero feel cheap. Coincidences that help the villain raise the tension.

Every beat, whenever possible, should be connected to conscious action by central characters (hero, love interest, or villain). The more events are connected to purposeful action by key characters, the more satisfying the causal chain for the reader.

Avoid things that happen "just because" whenever possible. You can have one or two, sure, but the more often things happen "just because" the less interesting the story is, especially if those "just because" moments are core to the story. Fiction is not real life. Audiences are drawn to stories where purposeful actions dictate the success or failure of the characters.

4kids dub

Anyway shoutout to the autistics who do relate to the "in their own little world" thing. May our worlds be safe and comforting, and not start trapping us inside them. May nobody deny their existence.

oh no

Found these cute looking shoujo-ai books at my library. I'm a sucker for mc/villain ships. >_<

Found these cute looking shoujo-ai books at my library. I'm a sucker for mc/villain ships. >_<

Barbie

09 STORM (late post)

Stormy battles are always accompanied by smiles.

♡ Horned Skull Hanging Planter by Mayhem Made ♡

what if they remake black and white and ingo isnt there :(

Ingo is never beating the sleepy boy accusations.

I want to make a self-fulfilling blog just for my Sims because I love them so much.

swish swish, here's the fish

Accidently read "autumn" as "autism", so all of fall now belongs to the autistic witches.

barbie day

what's the cure for heartbreak?

Book update!!! 🖤🤍🖤🤍

I wont be home to ship them until the end of July, so the packages won’t be handled until then. But the books are secured! And they look GREAT!!

🤍🖤🤍🖤

SUMMER 2023

- UNLEARN THE SHAME

- DANCING IN THE DARK (1984)

- TANK TOP (NO BRA)

- JACK OFF

- SERVE CUNT

- FIND HOLY IN THE MUNDANE

- IGNORE THE DREAD

- BUSH, HAPPY TRAILS, BODY HAIR

- BISEXUALITY

- SHOW YOURSELF GRACE

- BE GENTLE AND KIND

- LET GO OF THE PAST

Pokémon Hybrid Ingo and Emmet

I finished the models only at the expense of my joints, sadly couldn’t get a good pic of them together as I was by myself. It was fun to see them move in an MMD world and would love to try and record them dancing :)

no no no no no. I don't think you understand just how *much* this fictional person means to me.

Happy dragon saturday

I cannot BELIEVE you guys actually signing up to netflix just because account sharing was banned. You need to learn about cool websites with many beautiful women who would love you message you and send you downloadable files.

Kinda hate that when taking about autism being a disability, some people only focus on the sensory part and ignore every other trait that can be disabling, or minimize those. Autism isn't only about sensory issues and these are not the only thing that make us have difficulties and be disabled.

Communication difficulties, social difficulties, difficulties with emotional regulation, rigid thinking, executive dysfunction, etc, are also traits that can be very disabling, and cause meltdowns and shutdowns, btw.

Not saying that sensory issues are not important, they are but they are not the only thing that make autism a disability.

Found at a goodwill outlet in Colorado