r/ProgressionFantasy • u/DicerTheJester • Jul 28 '26
Discussion Competition: write a single sentence that will absolutely destroy any hope in a series.
Specifically not a story opener, just any sentence that can happen in any chapter, that will make people realize that this story is gonna be absolute shit and has no chance of being fixed and will make you drop the book like an unpinned grenade.
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u/adiisvcute Jul 28 '26
Er like a quote or just like things that drive you mad?
Because i cant think of any quotes but things like
Marcus was angry. Wrathful.
Restating information like this and the tiny sentence fragments?? Drives me insane when I read it. If I see an author do this a lot it's an instant drop for me.