#WritersCoffeeClub for 23 July:
Does your WIP contain any subplots, perhaps between secondary characters?
It's not exactly a recipe (I reinvent the novel from scratch every time I start to write a new book) but a pattern I often use is to have three plot strands about different protagonists, interleaved and converging to reinforce each other at the climax. Or to have a single primary plot strand and a sparser "contrast" plot to illuminate the places the main plot cannot go.
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2024-07-23 14:33:04
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