: Re: How do you effectively develop a plot when you have a proper back story? I'm writing a sci-fi/fantasy story, which is arguably not yet a novel, and has general similarities with most fantasy

@Bryan361

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For me it's easy. Pick your characters and start living their lives. Have little nudges of fate guide them towards key points of your story, but don't force it; if the character just doesn't realistically fit in there, change the plot point and keep developing the story. At times it will be entirely different from what you planned, but better.

Essentially: If you created a captivating world (as you described you did) and set your characters at the beginning of the journey, just follow them throughout the journey: imagine what they'd feel, what they'd want and have them act upon that - live in that world. And the story just writes itself.

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