: Re: "just telling the tale" - does this work? I know (I think) many stories that have a point they want to present to the audience. However, I wanted to focus on the excitement of the adventure

@Cody1607638

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What do you want to achieve? In the 'free market economy' bad news doesn't sell. Good must always overcome evil, wrongs must be avenged. "How I got away with killing the neighbour's puppy" isn't going to sell - however well it is written.

The "dry style" is probably unrelated to whether or not your story has a moral. Writing a novel requires a different style and skill-set than other disciplines. Most people would loathe to read a 100,000 word newspaper article.

Hopefully you will discover how to make your work more suspenseful and intriguing. But a linear tale of 'things that happened' is extremely hard to pull off. Readers need a reason to turn the page.

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