Writing - Posts tagged plot

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How can I pinpoint a story's moral dilemma?

4 answers · last activity 2 months ago by DPT

plot theme storytelling

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The problem with beginning

8 answers · last activity 3 months ago by aCVn

plot openings getting-started structure

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How can you redeem an awful character, who hits close to home?

3 answers · last activity 4 months ago by Mark Baker

plot characters creative-writing

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Is it alright to add scenes that don’t move the plot forwards much but develop relationships/character?

6 answers · last activity 5 months ago by DPT

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What should come first—characters or plot?

11 answers · last activity 5 months ago by ab2

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Can a fight scene, component-wise, be too complex and complicated?

6 answers · last activity 6 months ago by Amadeus

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Alternatives to develop relationships without dialogue

2 answers · last activity 6 months ago by Mark Baker

plot character-development dialogue relationships

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How to start a story after the inciting incident?

3 answers · last activity 6 months ago by DPT

plot getting-started 3-acts

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How to write characters doing illogical things in a believable way?

4 answers · last activity 6 months ago by Amadeus

plot characters creative-writing

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Letting a (secondary) antagonist leave mid story - Should it be avoided?

4 answers · last activity 7 months ago by celtschk

plot characters fantasy narrative

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Non-sense question about plot structures

3 answers · last activity 7 months ago by Mark Baker

plot technique style creative-writing structure

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Would publishing my story like a TV series be successful? [closed]

2 answers · last activity 7 months ago by Amadeus

plot creative-writing

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I have a name, and no plot [closed]

4 answers · last activity 7 months ago by Amadeus

fiction plot characters creative-writing

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Dumping an entire world for dramatic effect?

9 answers · last activity 7 months ago by Mark Baker

plot technique creative-writing

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Idea overflow in plotting?

6 answers · last activity 7 months ago by Kevin

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How many character flaws can the main character overcome?

5 answers · last activity 7 months ago by Mark Baker

plot character-development

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How to balance the agendas of co protagonists that periodically conflict?

5 answers · last activity 7 months ago by Mark Baker

plot characters

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How can I make a non-linear timeline less confusing?

9 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot style time-depiction

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Which techniques maintain reader interest when the POV is a spectator? (Sports story as sidequest?)

3 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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Do authors often base their characters off of themselves?

6 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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Story that's too depressing?

14 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot genre readers creative-writing theme

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Will it push away a reader if I start my book with the frame story?

2 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

novel plot technique structure

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Is it uncompelling to continue the story with lower stakes?

6 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot antagonist stakes

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Doubt about the difference between a "Beat" and a "Event"

2 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot style creative-writing structure

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Does this scene fail the Bechdel test?

4 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot characters character-development

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How soon is too soon for a redemption arc?

5 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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Is it bad writing or bad story telling if first person narrative contains more information than the narrator knows?

2 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction plot creative-writing narrative

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How to derive a storyline from a beginning?

15 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot planning brainstorming ideas storyline

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Characters that take on a life of their own

8 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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Can you write a story using inanimate characters? [closed]

2 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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How much of a character's past/background should I let on?

5 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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How does the 3 act structure fit in a Non Linear story?

2 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot storyline structure text-analysis

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When do I successfully kill off an important secondary main character... in a series of five books?

8 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot planning technique character-development pacing

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What are the acts of a story?

7 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot storyline character-development

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Where does the "black moment" fall in a novel?

7 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction plot creative-writing

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Should a reader have enough information to deduce the twist?

5 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot

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Is this an example of an unreliable narrator?

3 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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How do I handle a backstory big enough to be a story of its own?

9 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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Where in the writing process do you work in subtext?

5 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot planning technique process subtext

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A long backstory right at the beginning

3 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot structure

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Is it bad storytelling to have things happen by complete chance?

14 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction plot cliches creative-writing structure

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How to get the "back again" part after horrible experience?

5 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction plot characters character-development structure

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What are the basic elements of a crime investigation story?

6 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot creative-writing character-development crime

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How do I make sure my audience is aware of subplots?

3 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot style subplot

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Investing in the 'wrong' character, is it a problem with the story?

5 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction plot characters

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Plot: is it as central as "fun" or "entertaining"?

3 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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Would a redemption story be a coming of age plot

2 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot

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How to think of a plot in 5 minutes

1 answer · last activity 8 months ago by System

plot short-story

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What are some techniques for deciding which of two or more plot directions to go with?

2 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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When a character tells a long story, is it always an info dump?

5 answers · last activity 8 months ago by System

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