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Strongly agree w the point that @GhastlyGrinch is making here.
Well drawn characters are people; they're constant (with some growth). The loving wife does not SUDDENLY betray the husband in chapter 7 because we need a court battle in chapter 8.https://twitter.com/GhastlyGrinch/status/1495396832876404740 …
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3/ Real life has surprising realignments very rarely, bc people have surprising realignments very rarely...but it does happen. So, maybe I let you get away w Attorney Chuck Rhoades allying w Bobby Axelrod after 2 seasons of animosity, bc common enemy. But...
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4/ ...we ALSO have the non binary [
] woman betray Bobby and become his biggest enemy ever because ... why?
Is that in keeping with her character?
No.
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5/ Billions is pure wordcel entertainment. There's constant dopamine hits from constant betrayals and counter betrayals and counter-counter-betrayals. When AIs dream we get pictures of recursive dogs and landscapes. When wordcels dream we get ... this.
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6/ Yes. One of the compliments I enjoy hearing most about my novels is "I went back and I re-read them ... and the first time, everything was a complete surprise, but this time through everything was telegraphed in advance and it was so obvious!"https://twitter.com/wraithburn/status/1495401287143280640 …
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7/ I aim to write that way not because I want that explicit reaction on the second reading, but because I want that IMPLICIT reading at the end of the first reading. Thematic coherence and unity is deeply satisfying.
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8/ Chekovs' gun is an important tool bc if the culmination of a story is someone opening up a drawer and pulling out a hidden gun, the payoff (such as it is) is weak and comes from nowhere. ...unless, of course, there was constant discussion the whole time about hidden weapons!
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10/ re this > Too many people assume that the mush of concepts in their head is also in the reader's head, and that the ideas do not need any lead up. a lot of bad fiction is bad bc author has resonances in his head that he wants the reader to get ...but he never shares them
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11/ "What I'd do is just like ... ehh ...ehh ... huh huh ... you know what I mean?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFfTludf0SU …
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