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Comment Recipe for sloppy writing (Score 1) 140

"Here he will come to a land and be engulfed in the conflict between two ancient gods ... and the battle between light and darkness."

Oh dear. If ever there was a formula for an incomprehensible plot, this is it. You see, when a writer can put himself in the role of a god, it gives him free reign to make things happen for no rational reason, without any cause-and-effect, and without any character development or background.

The result is usually a random meandering with no tangible purpose.

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