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Re:The significance of plot without conflict (2012) by skybrian on Monday August 28, 2017 @01:47PM (#15118566)
As another example, it's common in novels to have multiple independent storylines that eventually connect. Part of the tension is "what do these two people's stories have to do with each other?"
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Re:The significance of plot without conflict (2012) by munificent on Monday August 28, 2017 @08:22PM (#15121237)
Yes, I was thinking of exactly that in the shower later. It's one of my favorite ways for an author to build tension.
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