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Skaidon's avatar

Actor here, I'll one more thing to this brilliant article:

The first rule of writing is that all the rules are there to be broken - but first you must know and be able to obey those rules before you can break them.

Most modern film/TV skips that rather important step, and the result - trash.

For reference to some of those rules:

Causality in time travel (see The Licaniua Trilogy)

The three act structure

The laws of magic (see Branson Sanderson's essays on the subject)

But the BEST stories should feel like they are inevitable conclusions of the actions of the characters therein, have just finished book 3 of the Tyrant Philosophers and that's absolutely the case in those books.

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Arnaly Arriaga Blanco's avatar

Growing up among boys, I’ve always had a “different” taste in shows. My favorite superhero has always been Batman, and I know Star Wars in and out, as well as Marvel, in which my favorite character is Daredevil, the one from Netflix. I hated that Agatha show. I didn’t even finish it. Not because I don’t enjoy a rom-com, but because of the feeling of being stuffed with a political agenda in the most annoying possible way.

By the way, where do you find the time to watch any TV? 🤪

As always, I couldn’t agree more with you. Thank you! 😊

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