Plotting
by Wen Spencer
I marvel that anyone can tell plot out a novel in push.
To me, plotting a novel is a
lot like making stew in someone else’s kitchen without a recipe.
You’re not sure what is
going to go into the pot, so you do a lot of improvising...
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Plotting
by Wen Spencer
I marvel that anyone can tell plot out a novel in push.
To me, plotting a novel is a
lot like making stew in someone else’s kitchen without a recipe.
You’re not sure what is
going to go into the pot, so you do a lot of improvising and tasting.
My original plot of Tinker 2 ran like this:
Tinker discovers that the colonists are lost on a fourth world where they have
endured great hardship.
Turtle Creek represents a possible way to rescue them.
The elf
queen sends representative that check into the oni problem, one of which is Windwolf exgirlfriend.
As Tinker’s private life is rocked but she makes alliances with the Earth Clan
to rescue the colonists through Turtle Creek.
I started to write.
The problem with Turtle Creek came easily, but most of the rest
of the book refused to take shape.
I made little stabs at the story only to have the scenes
fall flat.
One of the few developments that worked was the change that Lain’s sister,
Esme, was one of the colon
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