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You should use supernatural powers for the sake of the plot, not for the sake of "power" or for "cool."

In one of my screenplays, I gave the heroine "supernatural" powers to fix a problem inherent in the plot. It's all very matter of fact (and treated as such), but when she's done, she is finally "appropriate" for the hero.

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: Re: Superpowers in Writing - Cool for the sake of cool I originally started planning/writing a short story that was more or less based on a few popular trends in YA/Sci-Fi writing (interstellar

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