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Moral of The Story

And the moral of the story is..

     Yes, it is hugely important to have some kind of lesson to learn, some kind of moral to every single story you write. In my books, or at least in my newer ones, I have been making sure there is some kind of moral that a reader can take with them long after they have forgotten my story even existed.

     In this page I am going to try and go through my books with, if not the most memorable morals, the strongest morals. I have noticed that, thankfully, throughout my books they have been getting better at having more defined lessons to be learned, however there are also several older ones with decently strong morals as well. If I am able to, I will provide more in depth reasons for the listed morals and such with as little spoilers as possible. Oh yeah, since most of these books are yet to be finished, be prepared for any possible spoilers. :]

Also, there is no order to this list.. I'm just writing as I think.

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Stronger Than Legends (Bedrock Breakers):

     Not only was this one of my first books, which has been finished, it was also one of my first to have a dedicated moral. While it may not be as deep and stuff, I still feel it is worth mentioning. The basic moral is that it takes action to become a hero. Sometimes you can't just sit around and wait for someone else to do something. And even if sometimes you don't want to be a hero, you still have to so just stand yo' lazy self up! XD

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Hazel (Descendants of Heroes):

     While the moral of this story isn't very strong, I may as well at least attempt to figure it out..
Anyway, since this was just supposed to be more of an origin story, I didn't put much thought into refining the moral, because most books of mine have a moral, they are just not all refined so everyone can find them. But yeah, I believe for Hazel I was going for more of a moral about how trauma can really effect the brain, and how easily it can be avoided just with useful distractions. Basically, loss and trauma is hard to get over. Not really much of a moral.

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You Versus The Universe:

     Matching the lesson taught by writing example and the basic premise of the book, the moral of this story is based on point of view. It takes commonly feared or hated villains, and when shown to you through the correct receive empathy from the reader, while sometimes even your own character makes questionable choises, causing the reader to wonder exactly which side is correct, from what point of view do you prefer. When the final reveal happens, which I haven't gotten to yet since I am still writing it :>, it is designed to be an eye opener, literally changing points of view in order to answer for all the slowly building up question you get as you read. If you can't tell, I quite enjoy this story. :]
But, just because I may be quicker with the others doesn't mean I don't like them any less, I just don't know much else to say about them.

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Endless Friday:

     Basically.. nothing is endless.

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Swapped:

     It's what's inside that counts.

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The Test:

     How we are all tested.

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Never Forever (Descendants of Heroes):

     You can't do everything on your own.

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The "Okay" Prince (Royal Redemption):

     Grow up.

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Relen:

     Sometimes it is alright to not have the answer.

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Kylo (Remnants of War):

     Sometimes the truth hurts more than a lie.