Plot Direction

Today I am working on my plot and obviously some direction within the story to get me to Point A, Point B and ultimately Point C.

I think sometimes that people who don't write, do not understand how challenging this can be. Or perhaps more correctly, doing this in a way that is interesting to us the writers but also interesting to the readers.

You have to manage to keep the story going - at a fairly decent pace, while having enough detail and intrigue to move the story forward yet not give it away. Introducing new people, new places, new concepts and new theories is all good, but if their reasoning to be there doesn't make sense, it won't work.

I do however love that you can take a general idea, one comment, one piece of artwork and build an entire world around it. That is part of the fun - the challenge of creating something from nothing. That is what I am doing today.. but I'm also looking for some sort of compass to help me get there.

It's a good thing there are still 7 more days until the contest starts... I'll need each and every one of them.

Well, until tomorrow... happy writing!