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Q&A How to edit story structure

I’ve written a plot for a long story. But it’s not easy for anybody to review because my characters’ dialogue and goals are all over the place, it’s often usually mixed up and I struggle to structu...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Edmund Frost‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:25:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/31669
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License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Edmund Frost‭ · 2019-12-08T07:25:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
I’ve written a plot for a long story. But it’s not easy for anybody to review because my characters’ dialogue and goals are all over the place, it’s often usually mixed up and I struggle to structure it back because I often forget the plot. I know that a good plot carries out suspense and emotion including the consequences and reactions of a character’s choice, my characters for example don’t add up properly. I am confident with my writing, but not my editing. I’ve been paying attention to the story structure of TV shows such as **Breaking Bad** and **Dexter** to try to compare mine to a proper story structure, but at the same time I am trying not copy from a good show.

How can I edit my all-over-the-place writing to focus it more?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-11-25T17:38:41Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 3