Author: Frank Leonard

Subvert Expectations This is one aspect of good and is a lot like telling a good joke. People like to be surprised (usually, but not while carrying a bowl of soup). Jokes work because the reader is given a situation and their brain jumps ahead then the punchline happens and they get the joy of …

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Characters should feel like real people. The interaction of characters makes a story, and you should aim for the characters to change over the course of the story. The plot in a good story relates that everything is changing, yet in a perfect story it is a circle that closes a loop. When you close a …

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