Thursday, June 19, 2008
Great post on Agent Nathan Bransford's blog
Hi writery types. You'll want to go check this out. It goes great with my last post about outlining etc. Begin with "the what".
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It really somes it up doesn't it...Plot is premise plus a major complication that tests protaganist...very susinct.
Of course that doesn't apply to literary fiction at all, but is a good rule of thumb, I think, if you ever hope to be published in any "larger" way.
Now...I'm off to look for a plot...
-Lynn
OK...I take that back...I read further down in the comments where he explains the difference. It may just be that when I read literary fiction...I can't find the plot.
...and every story I've ever written doesn't...yawn.
Thanks for this Sue...it's like taking a writing class!
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