: 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

Perhaps you could introduce a sub-plot. That is, you have your main climax. Call it X (big-X). You need some exposition to lead up to X. Call it x (little-x). So the story should go:

xxxxX

But in reality the exposition takes too long, so it's more like:

xxxxxxxxX

So maybe you could add another mini-climax. Call it Y. You'll need some exposition for Y. Mix that in with the exposition for X:

xyxyYxxxxxxX

Of course if you need a big exposition for Y, you're back where you started, so Y has to be deliberately crafted to require less exposition than if it stood on its own.

Then you give the reader some immediate payback for their time-investment in the story, and lessen the amount of exposition before you hit a climax.

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