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minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·17 days agoShe had a spreadsheet outlining the plot and character beats for the last books by the time the first film was made. She’s just not a great writer.
minus-squareRodneyck@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·17 days agoThat is called a timeline, which most great authors do. It is character and story path development 101.
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoI’d have to see the spreadsheet before I’d give her any credit for having one. The story gets w9rse and worse as it goes, I can’t imagine she planned that. The ending is absurd and I haven’t heard anyone defend it successfully.
She had a spreadsheet outlining the plot and character beats for the last books by the time the first film was made.
She’s just not a great writer.
That is called a timeline, which most great authors do. It is character and story path development 101.
I’d have to see the spreadsheet before I’d give her any credit for having one. The story gets w9rse and worse as it goes, I can’t imagine she planned that. The ending is absurd and I haven’t heard anyone defend it successfully.