tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post1942256607342398284..comments2024-01-03T04:03:15.300-05:00Comments on S.P. Bowers: Plotting AlongS.P. Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-70184774816661102942011-06-15T15:47:32.828-04:002011-06-15T15:47:32.828-04:00Eek! Class starts tomorrow! I'm working steadi...Eek! Class starts tomorrow! I'm working steadily on the square brackets - up to page 50 - but I really need to fix the ending.Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-71463009135755186332011-06-15T13:06:12.139-04:002011-06-15T13:06:12.139-04:00Don't worry, I didn't do any of it intenti...Don't worry, I didn't do any of it intentionally. I was doing a read through of everything I had written when I saw some repetition of themes. You could have knocked me over with a feather I was so startled. I had themes! <br /><br />Same with subplots. I just wrote the story and it was on a read through I thought, hey that's a subplot and it echos the plot in this way. Once I noticed it I payed a little more attention so I could amp up the tension and the way they interact. <br /><br />So just listen to the story and the things that are supposed to be there will be. You may need to do a little pruning but that's what rewrites are for. Good luck and thanks for commenting!S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-23651892039960762022011-06-15T09:24:56.395-04:002011-06-15T09:24:56.395-04:00Reading this post and trying to answer your questi...Reading this post and trying to answer your question, I am thinking : "oh my. I am so far from that. Plot and sub plots, I never intentionally thought, yes, let's think of a subplots that will go nicely along the main plot!" I think it requires great analytical skills to be this structured, skills that I completely lacked. So now that you are mentioning it, yes I probably have subplots but which ones? I am not even sure.L.A Speedwinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07734240100355616049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-28098765415135406712011-06-15T07:46:10.947-04:002011-06-15T07:46:10.947-04:00I think if you listen to your story you'll hav...I think if you listen to your story you'll have just as many plot lines as is right. How are the edits coming? When does your class start?S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-26184627996481177712011-06-14T20:06:27.284-04:002011-06-14T20:06:27.284-04:00I don't *think* I have too many plotlines. I w...I don't *think* I have too many plotlines. I wonder if that's a failing? I enjoy books with complicated and many plotlines but... Ah well, chalk it up to someday. Someday I'd like to write a mystery as well :-)Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-84246937534014412602011-06-14T07:25:58.790-04:002011-06-14T07:25:58.790-04:00Widdershins, Sub-themes, how interesting. I like ...Widdershins, Sub-themes, how interesting. I like that. It's funny how hearing something just a little differently can clarify something in your mind. Thanks.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-75242608409828105912011-06-14T07:24:06.470-04:002011-06-14T07:24:06.470-04:00Jo, That's a good way to keep tension up throu...Jo, That's a good way to keep tension up throughout the novel. Thanks for sharing.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-7738102791310801712011-06-14T00:03:22.434-04:002011-06-14T00:03:22.434-04:00I have a main plot and what I call sub-themes. The...I have a main plot and what I call sub-themes. They aren't really plots as such, but they do trundle along next to the main story, adding bits and pieces here and there.widdershinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04205462833259334647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-11996576212771114082011-06-13T22:37:34.275-04:002011-06-13T22:37:34.275-04:00My subplots are interwoven through out my novel ma...My subplots are interwoven through out my novel main plot/plots. I know where all of them are going for the most part. Some I end fairly quickly but snap a new one in holding the tension...others are carried through to the end. I do like an Indian drumbeat type rhythm...dum, dum, boom, dum, dum, boom, boom, boom, dum, dum, BOOM!while writing. The tension never stops it wanes a little in the echo of the previous. The dums are subplots twiddling along with the booms being climatic endings or events with the final BOOM tying it all together at the end.J.L. Murpheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782355786883006411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-20739898331062913342011-06-13T13:09:44.219-04:002011-06-13T13:09:44.219-04:00My subplots all play off the same ideas as my main...My subplots all play off the same ideas as my main plot and create more tension in the main plot because of conflicts they bring up. <br /><br />Now that I think back on them two of my early novels didn't really have subplots. I think that's one of the reasons they didn't work out.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-43587095530616117112011-06-13T12:48:03.934-04:002011-06-13T12:48:03.934-04:00Good question! My current WIP has a theme that the...Good question! My current WIP has a theme that the main plot charts and all the subplots tie in, but they are all woven together. I don't think I could do it any other way.Zan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166450116524323462noreply@blogger.com