forum Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

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Antagonists. They make the story interesting, yes. But they're not required to make a good story. An interesting world is best to create a good story.

Actually on a technical level, your story does need an antagonist. It does not need a villain. There has to be some opposing force, whether it's a person, an idea, internal conflict, hell even the weather, but a story without conflict isn't a good story.

That won't stop me from constructing a reality that I can escape to where nothing goes wrong and it's just a magical village

Actually on a technical level, your story does need an antagonist. It does not need a villain. There has to be some opposing force, whether it's a person, an idea, internal conflict, hell even the weather, but a story without conflict isn't a good story.

Not exactly. A good story is interesting and/or has good writing, not a story with conflict. it could just be a magical world that has something always going on in it that doesn't cause life to be worse for the characters inside of it (ex: Aurora Borealis). It's just my opinion, though.
A story about binturongs (or bearcats) would be good, as it's interesting to have a less popular animal as the POV. It just has to be interesting for a good story, not an added antagonist or villain.

Interesting stories have an antagonist, though. That's how plot happens

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Interesting stories have an antagonist, though. That's how plot happens

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Interesting stories have an antagonist, though. That's how plot happens

Not always. Some other stuff can occur (like magic outbursts, etc), but eh, not gonna argue

Interesting stories have an antagonist, though. That's how plot happens

Not always. Some other stuff can occur (like magic outbursts, etc), but eh, not gonna argue

Magic outbursts are an antagonistic source of conflict though. Trying to conceal magic and keep it from being exposed is the antagonist of the story in that case. You're confusing an antagonist with a villain.

Interesting stories have an antagonist, though. That's how plot happens

Not always. Some other stuff can occur (like magic outbursts, etc), but eh, not gonna argue

Magic outbursts are an antagonistic source of conflict though. Trying to conceal magic and keep it from being exposed is the antagonist of the story in that case. You're confusing an antagonist with a villain.

Alright. My mistake.

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I really don't like it when authors use adjectives like "terrible" or "beautiful". I want more of authors that use describing words to make the reader think "Wow, she is beautiful." or "That thing seems super scary." instead of just telling us. Don't be afraid to make the reader feel like they have a part to play in your world :)

Hmm. I like your point

A good example of 'Show dont tell"

The "manipulative bitch steals girl's life and girl is the only one who sees how manipulative the bitch is" trope. The plot is always exactly the same and it's so boring

Imagine if everyone was in on this but just let it happen. So none of them were duped they were just like Hmm Interesting

Manipulative bitch: Steals girl's life
Everyone else: Michael Jackson eating popcorn gif

As someone who was in a somewhat similar situation (i mean the part where no one else but you get to see what an evil prick someone is and the rest just stand there) i can positively say i hate that trope with a fiery passion.

Less of the "sweet baby trans boy" and "headstrong and stubborn trans woman"

OK so I just discovered a Thing for the first time and I already hate it with a passion

apparently fetishizing RSD/emotional sensitivity is a quite common thing? like some Straight™️ men apparently look at people like me who cry at every small thing and think

like what the FUCK
I thought people are supposed to want their partners to be happy??? also the fact that they romanticize it for being “childish” too is. utterly repulsive

please don’t do this, ever :)

So many weird tropes like that just reek of pedo stuff

So many standards reek of pedo stuff

Now that this chat has been revived if I ever read another YA coming of age story where the teenage male protagonist never shuts up about how much he msaturbates I'm going to throw myself off a cliff.
Write about something else, god damn.

Oh my. You poor humanus.

OK so I just discovered a Thing for the first time and I already hate it with a passion

apparently fetishizing RSD/emotional sensitivity is a quite common thing? like some Straight™️ men apparently look at people like me who cry at every small thing and think

Spoiler - click to show.

“man she looks so weak, traumatized, and childish, I bet if I fucked her she’d get really bad separation anxiety and since she doesn’t want me to leave she’d be my kinky pet slave whenever I want her to”

like what the FUCK
I thought people are supposed to want their partners to be happy??? also the fact that they romanticize it for being “childish” too is. utterly repulsive

please don’t do this, ever :)

Lmao I could totally see someone doing that to me in another life
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