: Re: Dealing with lackluster plot failure So, I wrote the beginning of something about novel-sized. I drafted totally sweet, lovable protagonists in an interesting, original relationship, I placed them

@Moriarity138

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Could you try some nonlinear storytelling? Drop us into the middle of the action, and then backtrack little by little to give us context as we need it? Or, even more daring, just omit a lot of the buildup, and let the reader be in the dark about some of it? Sometimes good writing is all about knowing what to explain and what to leave a mystery.
One final suggestion. Even if you don't end up telling this as a nonlinear story, you don't have to WRITE it in order. Write all the most exciting and interesting parts first, and then see what you need to weave those together.

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