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Community Suffering Will Resonate More
- 'Suffering together'—stories where communities endure hardship jointly—will resonate more than solitary hero arcs.
- This shifts plots toward collective endurance, changing romance to team‑based conflict against outside forces.
Nature Returns As A Compelling Antagonist
- Nature as antagonist regains potency because pandemics and climate anxiety make nature feel threatening again.
- You can integrate storms, plagues, or environmental threats into plots without writing literal plague books.
Conflicting Social Narratives Will Grow
- Both man vs society and society vs man conflicts will grow: many suffer from lockdown consequences while others fear reckless individuals.
- Different readers will prefer opposing narratives depending on their pandemic experience and politics.