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5/1 Creative Writing

• Lots of detail
• Not too long, not too much detail
• Pacing (not too slow and not too fast)
• Give you a reason to care
• Good hook
• Good resolution/conclusion
• Good plot (detail, talking, turn of events, not too predictable)
• Moral, or something to learn, has a deeper meaning
• You can imagine, you can see it, it draws you in
• Interesting
• Realistic, believable
• Dialogue