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I outlined THE PERFECT NOVEL using all your favorite tropes… and decided to actually write it

🚨 THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL’S JOKE 🚨

Last week, I posted a video in which I challenged myself to outline THE PERFECT BOOK by taking all your top-voted story ingredients from Instagram polls and combining them into one ultimate recipe…

The result?

An epic fantasy novel filled with some of your favorite tropes, including:

Enemies to lovers
An epic quest to fulfill a prophecy
Dark Fantasy feat. dragons and magic
Grumpy/Sunshine forbidden love
Enchanted forests, mountains, adventure
Resentful allies stranded together
She’s an assassin, he’s a prince (and she’s supposed to kill him)

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April 1, 2024

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