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    Craft Chat Good reasons to add a subplot?

    What are good reasons to add a subplot? I have three reasons I can think of to insert a subplot and smooth it into the main story at or near the climax (that transition is still fuzzy, but I'll get there). This is in the context of a duology, where the story has a natural break but is...
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