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    I'm not sure that adding a link to an article that most people can't access without paying a substantial amount of money for is that useful. The points you make in your answer are interesting. Commented Jan 28, 2018 at 20:12
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    @S.Mitchell Fair enough. I meant it as shorthand for a citation instead of writing it out. If it helps, I think I summarized the most relevant part for this answer, so only the very curious should need to investigate further. Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 2:33
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    I prefer "effective" vs. "ineffective" as well. In music, there's a maxim that, "if it sounds good, it is good". If the reader (going back to writing) gets the emotional message of a scene, that overrides every other concern - at least for the typical reader. Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 14:47
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    ... and if you do want to write a book about the end of the world, make sure that it's a background for the family (etc.) in the front. Foundation is about the decline and fall of an interstellar empire, but always has characters at the forefront; Lucifer's Hammer is about a civilization-ending comet-strike, but built all around the actors in the story. A Song of Ice and Fire and The Expanse are great recent examples of how to frame great events in "human" stories that are appealing to lots of people, while still keeping the depth and complexity of the setting way beyond the foreground. Commented Jan 30, 2018 at 12:29
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    What a great list! Makes it easy to decide which attribute one could next focus on and level-up! Commented Jan 30, 2018 at 17:49