A Lesson in Following Through
Alright, everyone likes to do something new, but there are certain rules to writing. And you can ignore these rules all you want but then you run the high risk of getting called out on for bad writing. Which I’m going to have to do here. These rules exist for a reason.
If you put a gun on a wall, it needs to be shot at some point.
If you have a character getting shot as a cliffhanger to an episode, then the next episode needs to engage and explain what happened, not gloss over it.
If one character gives another character a secret letter, that letter needs to come back into play, whether the written words are revealed or not.
If your own characters reference a relationship over and over again, that relationship needs to be addressed fairly and accurately.
If a character makes a decision, that decision needs to be acted upon.
If one character beats another half to death, that beating needs to be addressed and dealt with.
If you address a character as a child over and over again you can’t suddenly ignore that and make them an adult.
If you decide to write a baby into the show, that baby has to serve the plot and do more than just essentially get her own mother killed
If a character gets shot in the chest by another character than that’s needs to be addressed in a realistic and believable manner.
If you state in your show what it’s like to be shot by a gun, then you follow through on your own set of rules if any other shootings happen in the show.
If you say a character needs romantic entanglement to be fulfilled, you need to have romantic entanglement for that character or address why it isn’t happening.
If a character is chained to the bottom of a well, don’t let him be pulled up by a rope.
If two characters end up in the middle of an explosion, they have to have injuries and repercussions.
If you explicitly state themes in your own writing, stick to these themes.
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