New answers tagged plot
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Stuck on a scene of characters going from one location to another
You are creating a problem in your mind where there isn't one.
It is a common convention in narratives — plays, novels, comics, movies — to skip events that are irrelevant to the story. Readers are ...
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Stuck on a scene of characters going from one location to another
Generally, if your scene(s) doesn't add anything important or meaningful to the story, then it shouldn't be in the story. If your travel and airport sequence or scenes aren't filled with important ...
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