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The Genre Five Leaf Clover: The In-depth Process for Understanding Genre in Your Story

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Thinking Through the Value at Stake

Janra: So my nee jerk reaction was to put it in crime because of the conventions at play, right? But then i started thinking through, well, the witness is scared for his life. Ah, he's afraid that if the murderer finds out that he's the one that identifies him, that he's going a, you know, the murderer will come and find him and kill him. And so that's why i ultimately came back to crime, and landed on crime because of identifying the protagonist and what value was at stake for the protagonist - which in this case is justice. Ad, i love to hear your thought process. Let's hear from daniel.

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