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Plot typically refers to the events and their ordering in a work of narrative fiction. Use this tag for questions regarding plotting, outlining, and narrative arcs. Be aware that questions asking users to come up with plot details for you are off-topic.
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What are things you can do to insure your plot doesn't have hole while you're writing after ...
Alpha and Beta Readers:
No, there is no magic formula as you are composing a story to be sure you have exposed all the possible plot holes that may disrupt internal logic. … But what you can do is mobilize the resource of another brain to look at the plot and say, "Huh? Didn't you say Rupert was going to die of thirst in the desert in chapter 3?" …
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Is it ok to hide main motive of the character throughout the book?
While books can do this, I think of Lucky Number Slevin, Red Sparrow, and What Lies Beneath as movies where the end is a twist plot that flips the whole story on its end. … Will the ending spoilt it if I keep my plot twists till the last chapters? …
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What do you need to understand in order to be able to craft complex political intrigues with...
PLOT DEVELOPMENT:
But both competence and sophistication don't need to be real. …
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How do you catch people by surprise when crafting a political intrigue?
Outrageous Fortune:
How do you surprise anyone about anything? You throw a wrench into the neatly organized plans of people who think they know what will happen.
Death: Someone dies, and it throws th …
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Is it okay to use "It was all just a virtual world / dream" for a plot twist?
You really need a plot twist to bring it home, so it's not following the total stereotype. … EDIT: PS this is one of the few plot twists I have ever seen singled out by literary agents in their "DO NOT" lists, so it could be tricky to get published. …
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Is it okay to kill a main character?
It also means that as your plot progresses across multiple books, you can reserve the right to change your mind. …
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I accidentally added a character, and then forgot to write them in for the rest of the series
Subtlety is Key...
This is entirely your call. Clean writing says eliminate anything that doesn't add to the story. The great thing about a story is you can go back and edit anything. If you love the …
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Same plot but different story, is it plagiarizing?
The ancients already had most of the plot lines in broad terms while still in the BC's. …
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How should I input a "while something happened" text?
Split Screen:
It's a children's book. Have a page with the dog wandering lost on one side, the owner posting the LOST DOG posters in the other. The dog can have interesting little adventures on one si …
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How can I keep a spy character portrayed as competent and yet have interactions between prot...
A Few thoughts:
There are a wide variety of ways this has been handled in books and movies. Here are just a few of them. Appearing to do things that look a bit incompetent may just be a consequence of …
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How to make a romantic subplot without dragging it out?
The World is Not Enough:
How important is it to the story that the two EVER voice their love? Some TV shows go season after season where the romance between two characters is a low-level element of th …
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Can there be too many obstacles in a character’s path?
Problems make Great Drama:
As a person who's life has been affected closely by murder of/by family, I want/need stories that show redemption of wrongful people, but also wrongful people being found re …
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How much is too much for one day in the life of the main character?
Totally Subjective:
I don't think there can be a set amount of time that passes in a story. It completely depends on what and how you are writing. I could easily see an entire novel set inside the cou …
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How do you write character development in later entries of a series after relationships beco...
It makes for a long series of cookie-cutter books where the plot never varies. But in reality, most people fight with those who they have long-term relationships the most. … This is just ONE plot element in a story, with one additional character, and the whole "boring" established relationship is thrown into chaos.
Further, there is history. …
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How do you keep track of character timelines?
Just So:
I'm sorry, what's wrong with a simple timeline? One where each character is on a long chart, and events they participate are highlighted? A pencil line is for any time they aren't doing anyth …
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