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Tell us about your characters. Have you spent equal time developing them? You could have the most labyrinthine, mind-bending plot of the year. It won't matter. Without characters we're curious about, and can relate to, we'll be napping by page thirty.

Try switching out the cast. What will new personalities do, given the same challenges? Or if you are interested in the current cast, start writing from their perspective, and dream into their choices more... no predetermined outcome... throw out the plot and see what they do.

Consider that your plot, while tight, may actually BE the most boring part of your work. That's not all bad. The skeleton is the most boring part of the body. But you need one. Put a sexy skin on those bones. Put some devil-may-care rogue in there. A loving but seriously deranged heroine. A homeless drunkard/fallen god. Juxtapose a non sequitur. Perhaps the acidification of the oceans is causing a worldwide famine, and everyone is on edge from hunger or guilt for not being hungry (yet).

Add playfulness.

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