The Good Guy
Every story needs a good guy. For the catharsis, each story needs a resolution. A way for the mission to be accomplished and the bad guy to be overcome.
It's the second "but" moment in the story.
"Little Red Riding Hood went to take cookies to her Grandma, but there was a Wolf that wanted to eat her. But then a Huntsman came and killed the Wolf, saving Riding Hood and Grandma" is finally a story. The mission is accomplished and the bad guy is overcome.
Every story needs these three aspects and make up the basics of storytelling.
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