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:blob_aww: I am limited to the literary tradition I know.

If you wish to be an artist of any stripe, you should study that artform any way you can, to learn what has been done before, what...

Furthermore, several famous authors have tried to avoid plot armor. One way is by creating multiple protagonists who could die at any...

Well, plot armor has long been a point of criticism among literary critics. This trope makes the story predictable and the world seems...

[This taking for granted that I have a strong aversion to stories written in first person]

Devils advocate from a out of spectrum writer who thinks the very concept of a main character is over depended on: don't readers assume...

That's what the reviewer criticized. The autobiographical format kills the suspense of the story itself. :blob_melt:

The problem with autobiographical stories, MC writes from a 'future' perspective where he is 'safe' to tell his story to the readers...

Let me explain it simply as an outside observer... a story is suspenseful because it maintains a layer of mystery. If the reader doesn't...

Nor should it kill the suspense. It feels like a hollow assesement This can be argued with any story where the main character has plot...

Because I wanna

That always depends on what "studying" means to an individual. I wouldn't say I'm studying it, per se, but I have been working on...

Oh, btw, I don't think such a structure merits any demotion in quality perception whatsoever. It can be done really well. I just don't...

Nothing guarantees anything and I don’t get to decide what constitutes a good narrative. Neither does any expert, be they YouTuber...

But both are so freaking long I tended to forget they were intended as foregone conclusion. And I didn't trust the the gods in the...