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26. Have you used a MacGuffin in your writing? Be honest.
I tend to use MacGuffins as devices to start the plot in motion, rather than as intermediate or final plot goals. For instance, characters find a powerful artifact, and then have to undertake a quest to find out how it works. The quest then ends up being about something else entirely.
Sep 26, 2023, 6:22:43 PM [original]-
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@gahlearner posted the Wikipedia link in his response to this prompt. After looking at the definition, I think my use of MacGuffins is pretty much textbook.
https://writing.exchange/@gahlearner/111132156525636445
(Thanks, GL!!)
Sep 26, 2023, 6:35:34 PM [original]