Default values

Nearly every writer has what I call a "default setting" for many or most of the basic pieces of writing. They tend to automatically write in first person, or third, or multiple viewpoint. When they're thinking up stories or developing ideas, they gravitate toward the action/adventure plot, or toward one focusing on relationships, or toward something more character-centered where the main point is someone learning a lesson. They gravitate toward the same kinds of characters, settings, genres.

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