: Re: Creating a story in which the hero(es) lose So I am still in the primitive stages of creating my own world and story, if I even do it that is. I am still trying to get a feel for where

I've heard many times "there are only x number of stories," (sometimes as low as 4) just told in different ways with different characters. Right off the top of my head, I think of Rocky (yes, Sylvester Stallone as a boxer Rocky) as one of the best "the hero loses" stories. What makes the story in this case is the seemingly insurmountable odds against not only winning but failing miserably, the character development, and the process by which the hero gets to where he ends up, even when and though he loses.

I think you can tell this kind of story in any genre and have a "winner" of a story, if you tell it well.

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