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Post by frankthetriviaman on Nov 13, 2017 2:05:52 GMT -5
6) Anticlimax
The tension just keeps building up, to the final showdown between the hero and villain when... the villain dies in one hit. All that build up and no satisfactory resolution, though it's not always intentional. Sometimes writers find themselves in a corner and you can't really blame them for choosing a logical solution over, say, a dramatic solution
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Nov 13, 2017 2:09:28 GMT -5
5) Plot ArmorMain characters always seem to survive impossible situations, don't they? Well thank plot armor for that- their importance to the story requires them to live through just about everything that can be thrown at them
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Nov 13, 2017 2:12:38 GMT -5
4) Chekhov's Gun
Wait, that insignificant looking detail from early on is suddenly being brought to the forefront? Of course it is! Chekhov's Gun is a rule that states that unless you intend to do something with it, do not mention it within the story.
"If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there."
-Anton Chekhov
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Nov 13, 2017 2:16:23 GMT -5
3) Lampshade HangingIs something about to happen in your story that is so ridiculous that you threaten the suspension of disbelief? Just call it out and acknowledge that, and all will be fine.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Nov 13, 2017 2:19:27 GMT -5
2) Deus Ex MachinaLiterally, "God from the Machine" referring to a practice during early Greek theater. When backed into a corner or in an impossible situation, suddenly our hero is saved by miraculous or improbable circumstances! Although a celebrated practice in Greek theater, today the Deus Ex Machina is frowned upon as "lazy writing"
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Nov 13, 2017 2:23:20 GMT -5
1) Breaking the Fourth WallAh yes, the trope that we rely on most around here. What fun it is when the characters express awareness that they are in a fictional story and talk directly to the audience or point out the flaws in a story.
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