Comments by "p11" (@porky1118) on "Trope Talk: We're Not So Different" video.

  1. The story I want to write, also will be based on internal motivations, not on external ones. But that's difficult. I don't want to have these motivations: * "my situation turned bad, I want do restore it" (girlfriend abducted; village destroyed; lost job) * "my situation was bad all along, I want to improve it" (living in a dystopia; being lonely) * "my situation is fine, but it will be bad, if I don't act" ("they will find me"; the government starts to take freedoms away, but noone does anything against it) * "my situation is fine, but it can get better" (founding a band, finding the lost father) I might want to have a situation like this: "my situation is already nice, it does not need to change" But it's very difficult to have a story with a premise like this. The situation itself would basically have to be interesting. You could follow a person on their regular work or hobbies, which would be more interesting in a fantasy world or if that work/hobby is interesting. There could even be small bad things happening, but nothing too serious. Probably would end up being comedy...
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