: Re: Is it a good idea to thwart everything? When can I go from thwarting, to destroying? For example, say the protagonist was working towards a goal, but towards the end they killed the people

Depends.

Do you want a happy ending, or a downer?
Do you want to explore the idea that "winning" or "achieving the
goal" can come at too high a price?
Will your protagonist realize that it doesn't profit if s/he gains
the whole world, and loses his/her soul? Or will s/he stand cackling
amid the ashes clutching the prize regardless?
Does your protagonist become evil in the end (another antagonist) and
wind up getting taken out by another character?
How the reader supposed to feel about the protagonist's pyrrhic
victory?

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: Men can identify and empathize with male as well as female protagonists, while women identify better with female protagonists (the claim being, they can certainly sympathize with male protagonists,

: While I wouldn't consider "gerunds" (or even adverbs) to be mistakes, if you're worried about your grammar, hire an editor to do a line-edit. Explain (if this is the case) that you're happy

: Including a company logo in a report There is no "style guide" of any kind for this report, or any reports in this company. Formal reports aren't too frequent. This is a mostly internal report,

: Standard format for symbols that denaote text, phone or email message or dialogue, when all are used in same story I am writing a short fiction piece that has rapid fire texts, emails, phone

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