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Guyscopelevel wrote: See how I use the character's memories to ground them in a detailed environment in a way that teaches the reader about the character's personalities and values?

Plot is important to have as a guiding structure, but people fell in love with the show because of these characters. It would be boring if the characters had no adventures, but its not the adventures that bring readers back, its the characters who have them.

Many of the recent chapters have show great dedication to plot, but need development of the world the plot happens in and the people the plot happens to.

If you find yourself having written a half dozen paragraphs about Dipper's actions, but have't said a word about how the current action reminds him about a past experience, you need to do some rewriting.

People, and especially fictional character, see the world through the filter of their past experiences. Everything can remind a character of anything.

You don't want to have a character standing motionless and just *thinking* for pages on end--that would be boring. But a mix of action and thought makes for better story.

And remember who these specific characters are!

The boy who overthinks everything and the girl whose life goal is to jump into people's laps to be noticed and liked. Alright, I'll keep that in mind, too.

By the way, I liked that sort of fanfic thing you wrote, it was pretty well written.

What do you think of chapter 6? It's kind of a short one.