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Why beautiful prose can't save plotless stories

I can write beautiful sentences but I cannot plot my way out of a paper bag and every story just trails off into nothing

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Strength in one aspect of craft highlights weakness in others, creating frustration about unbalanced development.

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