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Got told I was too precious with my characters, so I killed one off in chapter 3

A beta reader said my protagonist was too safe, nothing bad ever stuck to her. So I wrote a scene where a random car accident took out her brother and it totally unlocked how the rest of the story should go. Has anyone else gotten feedback that forced you to wreck your own plan?
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mark_carr7
mark_carr71mo ago
Notice the same thing happens when you ignore advice in real life @ellis.faith, the plan you thought you wanted wasn't actually working.
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angela587
angela5871mo ago
But doesn't that kind of ruin the story you actually wanted to tell?
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ellis.faith
Honestly @angela587, does it even matter that much in the end?
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