In an ideal world, every story would function as a unified whole, with each aspect working together for maximum engagement. In the real world, many stories suffer from fragmentation: disparate elements pulling the story in opposing directions, leaving the audience bored rather than engaged. Fortunately, this can be fixed by consolidating. That’s when you take the fragmented elements of your story and make them work together whether they like it or not. Today, we look at some of the most common reasons stories fragment, then go over the best consolidation tactics for each situation.
