Noticed a pattern at a fantasy writing workshop in Austin last month

Everyone kept pitching stories where the hero discovers they're the chosen one, but nobody had a plot beyond the reveal. Has anyone else seen beginners default to that same twist without building out the rest?

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the_piper17d ago

My friend Mark wrote 40 pages about a chosen one before realizing he never gave him a single problem to solve.

daniel85717d ago

Have him rewrite it but make the hero fail at something first on each page.