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AShellfishLover t1_j52iw5f wrote

Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP]As the aging patriarch of a powerful crime family hands leadership over to his son, a heist gone wrong leads the family to suspect a traitor in their midst. Meanwhile, the patriarch's troubled grandchild must get the traitor’s daughter to safety before the cops (and The Family) close in. by derangermouse

I'm always kinda surprised by prompts like this... as it's a novella length prompt, it seems like a lot.

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derangermouse OP t1_j52lscw wrote

I think of the plot as two parallel plots that the protagonists can’t let converge, otherwise the daughter dies.

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AShellfishLover t1_j52lwm7 wrote

Ok. But realistically how is it resolving in 100-1000 words?

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derangermouse OP t1_j52lz6t wrote

So you want me to delete it?

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AShellfishLover t1_j52mrjf wrote

It feels more of a plot than a prompt. You've set up a pretty complex prompt for it to be manageable within microfiction, and so it's just very hard to get any sort of engagement.

Prompts don't have to necessarily be simple, but you've setup the entire plot of a long short story, which makes it very hard for a writer to extend off that path. Just a heads up on future prompts.

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