To paraphrase Mark Twain: Fiction has to make sense, unlike real life. So that means no random things happening in terms of plot, or whole stretches of time where nothign happens, and it also means that the character has to make *sense*. I don't think there's anything harmful about archetypes, but you'd have to flesh them out, give little contradictory traits (but not too much), and give them some motivations.
I remember how I was in another book fandom, where the romance genre got brought up, with lots of back and forth arguing. I tried some romance genre recommendations, and they didn't quite take. I liked one or two books, but didn't think much of the others. Nowadays, I wouldn't even be able to get through a romance, since I'm going through a phase where I want plot.
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Date: 6/24/05 11:14 pm (UTC)I remember how I was in another book fandom, where the romance genre got brought up, with lots of back and forth arguing. I tried some romance genre recommendations, and they didn't quite take. I liked one or two books, but didn't think much of the others. Nowadays, I wouldn't even be able to get through a romance, since I'm going through a phase where I want plot.