6 REASONS WHY SACRIFICE EQUALS EMOTIONAL DEPTH

SACRIFICES HAVE RIPPLES TOO
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Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. - Napoleon Hill

SACRIFICE IS NECESSARY:

It resounds through the emotional impact of every story yet even the smallest sacrifice is difficult.

SACRIFICE IS DEVELOPMENTAL:

If you ask the character to give up something that’s securely theirs then they must, by definition, within the act, develop or grow.

SACRIFICE IS AN OPTION:

Sacrifice must involve a choice: sliding into the jaws of adversity doesn’t count; jumping into it to save another does.

SACRIFICE IS A STRUGGLE:

When there are choices to be made, sacrifice is usually one of the options;  the imperfect struggle that might bring a character to turn away from safety, comfort and self-preservation is the most human one of all.

SACRIFICE MUST BE AN ACTIVE DECISION:

Even if the end result is the same, to act impulsively and without recognition of the consequences is an imperfect sacrifice.

SACRIFICE IS A GIFT:

Sacrifice is a gift... but one you don’t expect to be around to share.

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