Plotting How To Get Plot Discussion
Thursday, July 16th, 2020 05:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizvogelPatricia Wrede has a post up about character goals, and specifically story-level goals vs. scene-level goals and how each might be helpful (or not) for the writer at various stages.
Although it's a character-oriented post, and I've ranted many times about how I get character stuff when I ask for help with plot, I think this might actually be useful in my ongoing quest for tips on How To Do Plot. Because it seems like people usually want to talk about plot as it pertains to story-level goals, and what I get stuck on is plot as it pertains to scene-level goals. I'm hoping that pointing them toward this might clarify what it is I'm looking for.
So, test drive: If I were to show you that link and then ask you how to Do Plot, what kinds of things would you be inclined to tell me?
Although it's a character-oriented post, and I've ranted many times about how I get character stuff when I ask for help with plot, I think this might actually be useful in my ongoing quest for tips on How To Do Plot. Because it seems like people usually want to talk about plot as it pertains to story-level goals, and what I get stuck on is plot as it pertains to scene-level goals. I'm hoping that pointing them toward this might clarify what it is I'm looking for.
So, test drive: If I were to show you that link and then ask you how to Do Plot, what kinds of things would you be inclined to tell me?
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Date: 2020-Jul-23, Thursday 05:58 pm (UTC)I think that may be the problem: other writers' brains spit this stuff out on such a subconscious level that they just assume my trouble starts after that point. And sometimes my brain does too, but it doesn't often enough that I really need a better fall-back plan.
Off to read annotations!