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Q&A Tracing dependencies and emergent plotholes during edits

I'd use a spreadsheet as a wireframe. If you don't have such notes already, you may have to examine your story a section at a time, and make notes about each part detailing what's going on with Pl...

posted 12y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T02:43:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'd use a spreadsheet as a wireframe.

If you don't have such notes already, you may have to examine your story a section at a time, and make notes about each part detailing what's going on with Plot A. Then use the spreadsheet to make notes about weaving in Plot B.

The advantage of the spreadsheet is that everything is modular, visible almost all at once, and very easy to move around.

It may be necessary to go over your book several times to fill in all the spreadsheet gaps, particularly once you actually start writing and you find threads which suddenly dangle, but using a verbal wireframe will make it much simpler to see where all the variables are.

Then find a really good editor and explain what you've done, so the editor knows to _look_ for plot holes.

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