In fiction there are two types of sinister schemes and heroic plans that succeed, and two types that fail.

Succeed:

🐭 schemes and plans that work because they are genuinely clever, meticulous, and well thought out.

🐭 schemes and plans that work not because they are as clever as their schemer thinks, but I am the author and I chose not to have any of the many possible things that could go wrong with the plan go wrong.

Fail:

🐭 schemes and plans that fail because they are not as clever as their schemer thinks and something obvious goes wrong.

🐭 schemes and plans that are genuinely clever, meticulous and well thought out, but I am the author and I chose to have something that no possible planner could have predicted go wrong at the worst possible moment.