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Amaze
To inspire wonder, amazement
Entertain
To bring joy, fun, and enjoyment to someone
Soothe
To calm, to reduce pain or suffering
Problematic
POV
The Point of View or audience perspective of a work
Annoy
To bother, to irritate
Excite
To increase interest or activation, to cause movement within a system
Stimulate
To cause activity and movement within a system
Innovate
To make new
Mary Sue
A colloquial term for an authorial insert, a character that is annoyingly good at everything, smarter than everyone, and has no major struggles to overcome.
Bore
To cause one to lose interest
Interest
To draw someone's attention.
Surprise
To reverse expectations, to do what is unexpected
Reboot
To start something again, as in a television or film franchise.
Audience Insert
A character who acts as a proxy for the audience; through this character, the audience learns about and experiences the world
Depress
To lower someone's mood
Please
To bring someone happiness or pleasure
Touch
to make contact with something or someone, i.e. to touch the heart
Retcon
A portmanteau of "retroactive continuity," a media convention that alters the established history or continuity of a work.
Exposition
In literature: the way in which an author reveals the history, background, and other details about the story that are understood by the characters but not the audience.
Disappoint
To fail to meet someone's expectations
Relax
To alleviate stress and tension
Trouble
To cause worry or anxiety
Greenlight
To approve of a new project, often used in the context of films.
Cliffhanger
A style of literary ending that encourages audiences to continue watching a series or program, leaving the end of an episode on a serious, potentially life-threatening problem to be resolved in the next episode.