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nanowrimo_ljA silly but plot-related question:
Say you have some vague idea of a plot... except that "vague" isn't good enough when you're churning out 1667+ words a day. So, you end up writing about the main character's mother for a bit before he or she gets born. And then you realize you at least have HER as a character already, if not him, and so maybe you write about her a bit more. And then you begin to wonder if you shouldn't just have this be her story for a while, including while the kid grows up, and when the kid's ~10-16, change the main character to the kid. I guess I could excuse the mother's tale as "extended worldbuilding", but... eh.
Undisciplined? More of the "AAAGH NO COME BACK HERE PLOT! O_o D:" posts that have been happening recently? :D;; A bad idea? Yay for wordcount padding? What do you guys think?
Say you have some vague idea of a plot... except that "vague" isn't good enough when you're churning out 1667+ words a day. So, you end up writing about the main character's mother for a bit before he or she gets born. And then you realize you at least have HER as a character already, if not him, and so maybe you write about her a bit more. And then you begin to wonder if you shouldn't just have this be her story for a while, including while the kid grows up, and when the kid's ~10-16, change the main character to the kid. I guess I could excuse the mother's tale as "extended worldbuilding", but... eh.
Undisciplined? More of the "AAAGH NO COME BACK HERE PLOT! O_o D:" posts that have been happening recently? :D;; A bad idea? Yay for wordcount padding? What do you guys think?
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