Closed marcusjmiller closed 6 years ago
arikrupnik
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6 years ago Thank you for your feedback, Marcus. How can we make the deadbeat's story more believable?
The purpose of the tragic heroes (deadbeat, hoarder, amnesiac, buyer) is to show possible futures for the protagonist if he takes one of the easy ways out of dealing with his baggage. What would be a more realistic way of showing this particular shortcut and where it ends up?
marcusjmiller
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6 years ago Same basic story, except he waits until the last minute to pay the rental fees, even incurring penalties, paying just before his items are moved to auction. He does this over and over, not wanting deal with his past but also not wanting to lose it. Now that the yard is closing, Dwight shows up and tries to haggle his stuff back. There is a double lock on his unit because he¹s months (not years) behind on rent.
It may seem like a minor point, but I¹ve known people who went past the deadline, after which there was nothing they could do to get their stuff back except bid at auction. Seems like a detail worth getting right.
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Thank you for your feedback, Marcus. How can we make the deadbeat's story more believable?
The purpose of the tragic heroes (deadbeat, hoarder, amnesiac, buyer) is to show possible futures for the protagonist if he takes one of the easy ways out of dealing with his baggage. What would be a more realistic way of showing this particular shortcut and where it ends up?
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arikrupnik
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6 years ago Thank you, Marcus. It's important to me to get the details right. I hate it when I come out of a movie, and the first thing I say is, "they wouldn't to that." I've invited you to collaborate on this project. If you accept, you'll have commit privileges to this repository. I invite you to edit the file and submit a pull request with your changes, so that we can incorporate it into the story and give you proper credit.
"Dwight the defaulter, makes his problems other people's. Dwight thinks he will live forever, so he can defer decisions indefinitely. Dwight is years behind on his rent. He's had a double lock on his unit so long, everyone assumed he abandoned it. Now that the yard is closing, Dwight shows up and tries to haggle his stuff back."
That's not a realistic description of what happens to people who don't pay their self-storage rent. After defaulting on rent, there’s a set period of time between going into default and going off to auction, which is usually between 30-90 days. Dwights stuff would have been long gone.