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Reif · 12-06-2009

My opinion, take it for what you will...

I thought that your story was on the whole quite good, BUT I do agree that some stock elements crept in there. Almost no realistic character is ever wholly good, or wholly evil. While you did a decent job on the wizard's motivation I do have to admit that at its core you've pitted a saint against a monster without allowing much three dimensional space for said "monster." That isn't necessarily bad in a story of this length but becareful with the use of cliches like that. Tinn is right that touching on an established archetype can help an audience and act as a characterization short cut, but if your goal is to improve the quality of your writing then I would work to avoid shortcuts. I suppose the real question becomes your own motivation, are you here to churn out TG stories, or are you here to make people think?

I aim for the latter, what you do is up to you.

12-06-2009	#12
Reif Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 223	Re: A moment forever (TG, AP) My opinion, take it for what you will... I thought that your story was on the whole quite good, BUT I do agree that some stock elements crept in there. Almost no realistic character is ever wholly good, or wholly evil. While you did a decent job on the wizard's motivation I do have to admit that at its core you've pitted a saint against a monster without allowing much three dimensional space for said "monster." That isn't necessarily bad in a story of this length but becareful with the use of cliches like that. Tinn is right that touching on an established archetype can help an audience and act as a characterization short cut, but if your goal is to improve the quality of your writing then I would work to avoid shortcuts. I suppose the real question becomes your own motivation, are you here to churn out TG stories, or are you here to make people think? I aim for the latter, what you do is up to you.