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Drag Me Down -- Chapter Nineteen, The Future

DMD — Chapter Nineteen, The Family — 3.3k A/N: Here it is… the final chapter featuring the formation of a new branch in the Brancato family, who are not-so-secretly my favorites. A quick thank you to all who have read! For the longer version, along with some reflective commentary on this story’s progression and future projects, look to the end of this post after this final chapter 🙂 — The…

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Drag Me Down -- Chapter Eighteen, The War

DMD — Chapter Eighteen, The War — 3.2k A/N: I tried my best to break this behemoth down into two separate chapters, but Levont’s underworld leaders were not cooperating with me, haha. My favorite new little crime family in next week’s final (yay!) chapter also would not give up a single word… so, the story ends with two beefy chapters. Not my ideal way to pace, but I’m so ready to focus entirely…

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A writer's relationship with their own work goes: this is genius, this is garbage, this is genius, this is garbage, i should never have been born, okay actually this line is good

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10 Ways to INTENSIFY your stories Plot

Add a second problem that won’t stay in its lane. While the main conflict grows, introduce another issue that keeps interfering and making choices harder.

Give every victory a cost. Let each solution create a new complication instead of clean relief.

Turn side characters into sources of pressure. Their needs, secrets, or mistakes should actively affect the main plot, not sit politely in the background.

Reveal information at the worst possible time. Timing alone can make a simple twist feel devastating.

Force the protagonist to choose between two things they want. The plot thickens when there’s no option that feels “right.”

Let past actions come back ugly. Consequences that arrive late hit harder and deepen the story’s layers.

Complicate the antagonist. Give them leverage, allies, or a point that almost makes sense.

Change the stakes midway. What the story is about shifts, even though the conflict stays connected.

Introduce a secret that reframes earlier scenes. Not a random twist—one that makes the reader rethink what they already know.

Let the character’s inner conflict sabotage the plot. Their flaws should actively make things worse.

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Drag Me Down -- Chapter Seventeen, Ember's Lounge

DMD — Chapter Seventeen, Ember’s Lounge — 1.4k A/N: On the homestretch! I have only two (possibly three, if I need to break another section up) chapters left to post on here, and then this story will be officially finished. I’ve enjoyed writing with these characters and this plot, but boy is it nice to work on a new project after a year working on this one, haha. I’ve started into the first…

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my devoted but dangerously unstable knight will be hearing about this

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character will get 10x hotter with the addition of blood btw. bonus points for disheveled hair, untucked clothing, and glazed, feverish eyes.

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Ursula K. Le Guin has truly, truly never missed even once