I've realized one of the things I love in my fiction (in any media) is when after a lengthy series of conflicts and setbacks, a character is suddenly in a position to put their most profound strengths into play.
I.e., Anne Protagonist is backed into a corner by Jack the Nasty, but what Jack doesn't know is that Anne was raised in the Cornerlands of The Nation of Angles, and after being orphaned in the Intersection Wars she was trained in the secret ways of Cornering by the Cornermonks -- that she is in fact a corner specialist, and Jack, having cornered her, now deeply fucked.
The trouble of course is setting that up so that it's properly surprising and satisfying.
- Narrative Priorities: Cornered
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hoshizora- February 5th, 11:11
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- hoshizora
- August 14th, 2008
My dear Pyotr,
Your previous missive contained such a startling combination of misinformed thinking and out-and-out falsehood that it has taken me some time to respond. Of course, part of the delay was caused by the fractally-recursive pseudointelligent virus you so kindly packaged along with the messsage. Bravo, my old comrade -- you have clearly lost none of your algorithmic acumen, but you may be disappointed to learn that I -- and my information infrastructure here on Phobos -- remain intact.
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- hoshizora
- August 8th, 2008
- Here's a fictional letter.
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- hoshizora
- August 3rd, 2008
