ChristianKl comments on Rationality Quotes November 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 04 November 2014 02:54:10AM 35 points [-]

In fiction, villains start with some great scheme to do something awesome, and that immediately makes them fascinating to the reader. The hero - if you're doing this poorly - sits at home and just waits for the villain to do something awesome so they can respond. This is a problem. The solution is for your heroes to have a great and awesome scheme also, that just isn't evil.

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Comment author: ChristianKl 09 November 2014 10:05:28PM 4 points [-]

The outline of the Hero's journey calls for the story to begin with the hero in a mundane situation of normality.

Comment author: Baughn 17 November 2014 02:58:08AM 0 points [-]

Sounds to me like the cliche isn't always positive.

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