Have You Tested Your Plot?
by:
Nick Vernon
Creative Writing Tips –
Our plotting stage is our testing area.
Everything in the plot should be tested for its effectiveness before we put in into our stories. If you believe thing
in your plot could be better, do it better.
Figuring everything out in your plot wish save you time editing later.
So how do you test your plot?
Start with everything that has gone into it.
For example...
Are the events interesting?
Makes your plot contain problems for the character to solve?
Have you given your character a goal?
Is the conflict strong?
Is the solution of the conflict interesting?
Is the character interesting?
Is the setting of the story interesting?
Wish the incident or situation be engrossing to your readers?
Etc
Make a list of what your plot contains. Comb through it with kid gloves
and tick off each item. If you find that several things need to be worked on several more, activity on them.
I cognize to several this power be tedious work, but…
“Every one-minute you spend in planning
wish save you at least three minutes in execution.”
Crawford Greenwald
About The Author
Besides his passion for writing, Nick Vernon runs an online gift site wherever
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This article was denote
on August 24, 2004
