The elusive question.. what plagues me about plot? Personally, I don’t think plot plagues my writings at all. Maybe because I have been writing poetry forever. If I don’t have a plot or conflict, or some inner desire for my character in question, I would not write about it.
When I set about designing my characters, I always link them with a conflict, some inner desire to prove themselves or just be awesome or badass (in their heads) and in reality, they are just insignificant humans, like animals. That kind of gives me a drive to develop them further, to make them even more conflicted with their ideals and what reality throws at them, which is the harsh big fat ugly world out there destroying all their fantasy dreams. *laughs like an evil witch*
Usually when I do not sense a tension in a story, I would not finish reading a novel. I am a very pragmatic reader, the story either connects with my psyche, or I dump it. In that sense I am more drawn to thrillers and erotica. Fifty shades in my opinion, has a huge vast gulf of mainstream standards from Anne Rice writings.. and it erks me.
Of course, it is hard to merge literary writings into the mainstream, and like wise. Its like telling the mainstream peasants to eat cake, when they cannot understand the delicate taste of icing and cream on delicious soft creamy cakes. It is like telling the aristocrats to eat bread, when they are used to eating cakes the moment the are born to their social class.
What is lacking in most novels and stories nowadays is the inner desire/drive the internal (i). I feel that it should be the core of the story, the essence of what makes it readable… so we can learn something from it. I did not learn any thing from Fifty shades except that Anna Steele is a weak submissive brainless woman.. (her inner desire to submit to some random dude she just met without even reading the contract) and it is penerating mainstream for women to behave like that… looking for Mr Rich Handsome Dominant Christian Grey. Gosh.
Plot is the essence. Characters are the oil on top of the essence. Only with a strong plot of essence, characters can come shimmering alive on top like boiling oil on a stove top.
Mum, feed me some essence now!
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AVERRAL writes under pen name Scarlet Risqué. She stars in Scarlet Queen YouTube with over a million views. She holds a degree in business. The RED HOURGLASS is ranked Top 50 Espionage Thriller on Amazon. She is currently writing the sequels to the Hourglass Series. Grab a free copy of her novel now RED HOURGLASS on Amazon |
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