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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/7212
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

So my novel look like this (I took this diagram idea from this site, but I'm not sure exactly from whom):

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vL6bx.png)

The beginning and end focuses on the mystery that the heroine is trying to solve (main plot). The middle focuses on her relationship with the other characters.

So I ended up with many random scenes that are disconnected with the main plot (they are indirectly related to it, though). Basically, the main plot is acting as a metaphor for what's happening to her and the people around her.

I presented the opening of the novel in [this](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/5930/does-my-story-beginning-hook-the-reader-dialogue-narration) question (in case you want to know)

Is this a sign of bad writing? Are there many books with this type of plot structure? (By bad writing, I mean giving the reader a feeling of discontinuity and dullness).

Original score: 7