Weekly Plot Help - November 17th

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

I was waiting until the server move happened before putting this up. I'd have gone crazy if it had been lost.

Anyway - here's the place for you to look for help with your plots! Post your questions here.

And hey... all you people already over 50K? YES I'M LOOKING AT YOU! Get in here and help these people out now that you don't have anything else to do! *grin*

Comments

[jedi-bria.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if anyone can help me BUT, I find myself getting stuck a lot. I'm at 28000 words, I have plenty of plot to go as in I know upcoming scenes that need to take place, I have about 3 main plot threads that need to come together and 3 or 4 characters with copious backstories that also weave into the plot. Essentially I know what direction I need to go, but I don't know how to get from point A to point B any more. It gets to the point where my characters dive into a scene, have fun with it and when it's over I feel like they're standing around looking at me going, "That was fun, now what?"

My nano is about a dystopian fantasy where elves are losing their powers and it's set in the steampunk genre. My MC is a former airship pirate now forced to live my the city's strict rules (Imagine if Jack Sparrow had to survive in Orwell's 1984, it's kind of like that, only my MC deals with it better). Her brother is an inventor that the government is secretly watching, meanwhile she's let it slip that she might have elven abilites and the government has started following her too. Currently my MC is in a tavern seeking help from the criminal underworld in ways how to cross the city unnoticed.

My MC will eventually get caught by the government. This will happen before the climax of the story, but it's not ready yet, she's ALMOST there but not quite. It's like she needs to explore the city a little more, learn a few more legends and her brother's invention needs to be further along. BUT the problem is, her attempting to cross the city unnoticed is a perfect way for her to get caught.

Any suggestions?

BTW: This is me right now: