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"Something happening" doesn't have to be earth-shaking. If the character wakes up, something "happened." It's been a long time since I read it, but in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch, about...
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2019-12-13T12:00:14Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T02:40:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
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"Something happening" doesn't have to be earth-shaking. If the character wakes up, something "happened." It's been a long time since I read it, but in [_One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch_,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Denisovich#Plot) about a prisoner in a gulag, nothing much "happens." He doesn't escape or get sprung from prison. He doesn't die or fall in love. But it's still a powerful book. If your character wants to do something and is thwarted by some obstacle, there's your plot. That's something "happening." The obstacle can be internal or external. The character can try or not try. The character can succeed or fail. But if there's conflict, there's plot. So if your story is building up to something _big_ happening by means of many little things happening along the way, there's nothing wrong with that.
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2013-01-10T14:14:17Z (almost 12 years ago)
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