One thing that I worry about when creating a new story is whether or not everything fits and is plausible. Two criticisms that seem to plague stories on a fundamental level, or at least criticisms that I've seen, are that a story is contrived, and a story is convoluted. I have trouble telling when a story is convoluted and when it's merely complex without fault. I have trouble telling when a situation is contrived in a positive manner and when it's in a negative manner. There are no professors

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