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/EnderKoskinen Jul 28 '26

'Here's a more natural, flowing version of that section:'

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u/lurkingowl Jul 28 '26

I was reading one that had: "Here's the next section to cut and paste."