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

I have always wanted to write a book but have never actually taken the time to do so. There are many things that hold me back but one of them is that I often come up with story lines in my mind. As...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by kojow7‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar kojow7‭ · 2019-12-08T05:14:08Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have always wanted to write a book but have never actually taken the time to do so. There are many things that hold me back but one of them is that I often come up with story lines in my mind. As I am processing them in my thoughts I think of different routes that the story can take. I then seem to reach a standstill as I cannot decide which plot route would be best. I then just stop trying to figure out the rest of the plot. What are some techniques that I can use to narrow down which plot direction to take? Or do I just randomly choose one?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-04-28T22:16:14Z (over 8 years ago)
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