Alice Nuttall
@Ally_Nuttall
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23 hours ago
Teen protagonist tries to investigate shifty government facility, can't get past the security guards, goes home. #VeryRealisticYA
Teenage girl detective walks into the killer's lair armed with nothing but her wits. She is killed. #VeryRealisticYA
Four friends try on the same pair of pants. It fits one of them. The last one to try them on rips them. #VeryRealisticYA
This hashtag makes me think again about what makes a story worth telling. If the character isn't doing anything exceptional, then is
his/hers a story worth telling?
The exceptional is conversely commonplace in fiction.
I
like realism in fiction/movies, but go far in either direction and you end up with a joke. Realism can be tricky, but it's one of my favourite lines to cross.
Kid is beaten up by bullies. Learns martial arts. Bullies have all moved on. It's been 6 years. #VeryRealisticYA
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