Convenient cheats are signs of lazy writing.
Examples are:
1. 'Yung mamamatay na sana 'yung bida, tapos biglang nasagasaan 'yung kalaban ng umeksenang kotse. Hooraaay! Ligtas 'yung bida. Ang galing.
2. 'Yung ang tanging kailangan na lang sana ng mga bida ay malaki-laking pera para matapos ang machine na ginagawa nilang pangligtas ng mundo. Pero wait, it's a good thing dahil mayaman pala 'yung isang extra! Tagapagmana pala siya ng isang milyonaryo! Ang galing.
See my point?
I'm not saying na bawal kang gumamit ng mayaman na character, or bawal kang gumamit ng papansin na kotse sa daan as a plot device, pero sana naman ay gawin mo ito in a convincing way, so that your readers won't feel cheated.
What can be done to the rich character is to introduce him early on. Make him important. Kung revelation pala ang pagiging mayaman niya, at least, give signs early on na mayaman pala talaga siya, so that readers would know that you really know what you're doing. Hindi 'yung basta lagay ka na lang ng kung ano-ano riyan.
Same thing doon sa umeksenang kotse. Don't make him an extra. Pwede mo siyang gawing supporting character na may history ng bad driving, and this bad driving helped at the ending. (Pero pangit pa rin talagang siya 'yung nakapatay sa pinaka-kalaban; mas mabuti kung nakatulong lang siya kaunti at natapos ng bida 'yung pinaka-goal ng story, gano'n.)
That's it. I hope that helped.
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