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Narrative Structure
Entry #0537
The reason a story needs a cost to be believed
A story in which nobody paid anything is read as advertising. A story in which someone lost something is read as testimony. The cost is the credential.
Adept
The hidden part
#0537
A cost in a story is a credential. It signals that the teller is willing to look bad, which is information a polished account cannot carry.