I intend all my characters must escape from impossible situations; if they are not in trouble, then as a writer, I am.

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If you are writing, you should set up obstacles that your characters will have to overcome. You should not just throw them into a simple situation or an easy problem. If your characters are truly heroic, they will have to overcome truly difficult problems. If your characters are truly heroic, they will have to suffer truly difficult consequences. They may even go through really painful consequences, but they will keep on fighting until the end.

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2. I intend all my characters must escape from impossible situations; if they are not in trouble, then as a writer, I am.

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