How to Solve Plot Problems with Your Magic System

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Using magic to solve problems in your story can be tricky. Do it well and everything snaps together and draws readers in. When done wrong, the solutions can be unsatisfying, robbing the story of tension and believability. In this video we dig into the nature of plot problems and how to solve them satisfactorily with the magic in your story.
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26 мар 2024

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@devilofether6185

Frieren: at journey's end has an interesting soft irrational magic system that feels grounded in the world; never pulls anything out of its ass, and is essential for the plot without over-explaining anything. It is also a damn good show featuring an immortal elf who loves finding magic.

@Juzzi9

Good timing and very thorough and clear explanation! Just what i needed when i needed it! (Almost like this shouldve been foreshadowed ha..ha..). You deserve a lot more views. A sub well earned from here.

@flatdude4667

A great video and solid explanations. No matter how magical, how fantastical your characters are and their abilities; or how otherworldly their world is, believability comes from the setup/grounding of the story. A story without rules to it's characters or world's limitations (no matter how hard or soft the magic system) leaves the reader with a sense of being in limbo. When writing see each chapter as a three arch micro story, with a beginning (problem/situation), middle (action), and end, (resolve with an opening for a new problem/situation/continuation in the following chapter). A wave of hand solution to a life or death situation without prior setup/explanation/foreshadowing is lazy writing and will kill both your story and credibility as an author.