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[ofthisangel]

I don't know if it's okay for plebs to post, THERE ARE NO RULES. WHY ARE THERE NO RULES. THAT'S LIKE A PARKING LOT WITH NO LINES, WE'RE SO DOOMED.

D: Okay, so. I have a bunny, a very good, tenacious bunny that has been with me for months and months - so I'm set with that. My problem is I have two ideas for how to write this thing and both ideas

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[kcscribbler]

Plot and plot, what is plot?

I am one of the write by the seat of your pants types. Every time I try to plan what happens in each chapter, the story does not cooperate and takes me by surprise in a different direction. I don't mind that, because that's proof for me that the story is alive, but it's frustrating if I already have a plot in place that I don't want to change. Basically when I start a story I have the beginning clear in my mind, the ending clear, the climax/final confrontation/whatever scene clear, and a mixture of little snippets and dialogue that I know I want to work in somewhere. I let the rest of it take its course after that. As long as I have a plot skeleton, I won't go entirely off-track but I won't be tied down to an outline if the muse demands I go a different direction.

The best tip I have about plotting is that, if you get stuck somewhere in the story, leave that bit in brackets with a note to yourself about what needs to happen, and then keep going; many times I find that after writing the chapter following a 'boring plot filler' chapter, it becomes a lot clearer to me what I need to write to further the plot. That's how I finished my STBB last year; the three plotty chapters in the middle were the very last ones I wrote, because by then, after writing the rest, it was clear exactly what I needed to have happen in them. (It also helps when it comes rough draft time and you're still stuck on plot in the sixth chapter or whatever. ^_^)