In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen.
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I have a plot, but not much happens.
Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.
It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard.
You don't idea your way into a plot but plot your way into an idea.
I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose!
Use plot to buttress a story.
When you get right down to it, there's something uniquely satisfying in being gripped by a great plot, in begrudging whatever real-world obligations might prevent you from finding out what happens next.
I'm not much of a plotter. I start off with an inciting incident, and in classic crime fiction what happens is that all the action flows from that incident. It's very comfy when it all ties up and feels like a complete universe, but my stuff doesn't always work that way.
Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose if only a writer can make them long to know what happens next.
I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.
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