[ SECRET POST #3190 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3190 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Angry Birds (Movie)]


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03.
[The Great British Bake Off (series 6)]


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[Jennifer Nettles, Ronnie Dunn]


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[Free!]


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[Hannibal]


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[Jennifer Lien, who played Kes in Star Trek: Voyager]


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[BBC Robin Hood]


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(Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie/The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley)












Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 036 secrets from Secret Submission Post #456.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: How to make a breakup in a work MEAN something

[(Anonymous)]

If readers care about the characters in general, they'll care what happens to them. In addition to that:

1) Make sure it's not a stupid fight about an easily resolved misunderstanding. Make sure it FEELS real, emotionally.

2) Make it a situation where there is no "bad guy". They're not breaking up because someone's an asshole, they're doing it... why? Because they're two people who are each doing what's right for them in their own way, even if it means the end of the relationship, that's why.

3) Don't do it if you're just trying to tug peoples' heartstrings. Readers smell that kind of bullshit from a mile off.

AYRT

[(Anonymous)]

"3) Don't do it if you're just trying to tug peoples' heartstrings. Readers smell that kind of bullshit from a mile off."

Oh no, believe me. I always intended to have the couple break up at some point, as an obstacle/trial in their developing relationship. I just figured that if I was going to do a breakup, I should do it right.