The Supposed Victory

We won!

Jan 30, 2023

The Writers Block

At last, the hero won! They have achieved the goal and defeated the villain. Except they haven’t.

The Supposed Victory is when the hero wins the battle but thinks they have won the war. Little do they know, disaster lurks dangerously around the corner, just out of sight.

They haven’t defeated the villain, though it looks like they have. They’ve successfully run away and reached sanctuary, but they are moments away from everything crashing down. The reader can know what lurks in the shadows, but your characters are oblivious. To them, the story is over, and they are happy for possibly the first time since the beginning of their journey. Safety has settled over the characters, and they can finally relax…for now…

Here are a few tips for writing the Supposed Victory of your story:

The hero rejoices! They won! Supposedly…
They haven’t defeated the villain; they’ve just completed the goal
They successfully run away from the villain
The hero is happy for possibly the first time in the story
Everyone feels safe, or a least safer than before

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On the bookshelf…

Well, it comes to an end! I am barreling through Oathbringer now and hope to be done within days. This book has been slower than the last two but it is picking up now, and I am loving the ride. I will be posting a review shortly after finishing the book which will be available on the YouTube channel.

After finishing this one, I will be taking a Stomlight break to read some shorter books to cleanse the pallet a little. Looking forward to reading book one of the Farseer Trilogy, Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb, and then possibly one more before returning to Book four of The Stormlight Archive.

Stay tuned!

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