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Q&A How do I evaluate an unwritten plot/story?

Content and delivery go hand-in-hand. If one area is lacking, the other can't make up the difference - it's a bit like having a fancy cell phone but no service. A couple of beta readers or an expe...

posted 11y ago by Rob Bignell Editor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:11:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Rob Bignell Editor‭ · 2019-12-08T03:11:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
Content and delivery go hand-in-hand. If one area is lacking, the other can't make up the difference - it's a bit like having a fancy cell phone but no service.

A couple of beta readers or an experienced fiction editor would be able to help you think through the outline and to address your specific concerns. Having a detailed outline reviewed that you expand upon and then having that new version reviewed again essentially is the approach used in television/film production - you pitch an idea, develop an outline, create an alaborate scene-by-scene synopsis, move to a first draft, etc., with an editor or a director reviewing the script at each step.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-11-13T03:35:13Z (about 11 years ago)
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