Writer Jennifer Crusie always thinks characters and conflict when she's building a plot, so she can't help analyzing books, movies, and television the same way. Here she tears apart the plot for "Lucifier" and if you checkout her LJ, she then comes up with a much better series idea.

Maybe she'll write it.

Originally posted by jennycrusie at Questionable: ( Read more... )

Here's a short rant from bestselling author Jennifer Crusie about set-ups. Her point is, set-ups are not story. And if you spend too much time with a set-up, you lose people. I try hard to jump into a book, even when I write lyrically. People will figure it out, and I hope delight in their discovery. If my first reader doesn't figure it out, ( Read more... )