tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post7368339291111778648..comments2023-11-07T21:12:19.852-06:00Comments on Wyrdsmiths: Storyline vs. Plot, part 1tate hallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-28022931730042184752009-11-09T14:52:27.524-06:002009-11-09T14:52:27.524-06:00. . . and Bob is a Gray Prince? I think. ; ). . . and Bob is a Gray Prince? I think. ; )Bill Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999845280783373614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-51996155801976741932009-11-09T14:47:58.792-06:002009-11-09T14:47:58.792-06:00Bill: I'm trying something new -- I'm rena...Bill: I'm trying something new -- I'm renaming each character every book to make the series more challenging. All this knowing who is who and what is what from book to book is so passe any more, don't you think? <br /><br />(To paraphrase the immortal Foghorn Leghorn: "That's a joke, people...a funny, that is.")Douglas Hulickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221190213829107139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-84938950714692175812009-11-09T13:46:24.738-06:002009-11-09T13:46:24.738-06:00Wait, is Steve a Degan? I'm finding book 2 ver...Wait, is Steve a Degan? I'm finding book 2 very confusing already.Bill Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999845280783373614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-47298900108288921342009-11-09T10:50:40.577-06:002009-11-09T10:50:40.577-06:00Well, Kelly, I think we've pretty much establi...Well, Kelly, I think we've pretty much established that you and I are the ying and the yang to one another's story development and writing methodology, so it's not surprising we are at different ends of the spectrum on this one. :)<br /><br />For clarification (and not necessarily for Kelly, who I suspects gets it), I don't want people to think that when I say I have events in mind, I am talking about "Bob has a sword fight with Steve mid-book" or "Steve gets taken captive in Chaper 11." I may in fact want that to happen, but at this point I don't know if it will pan out that way. What I do know, though, is that around the 1/3rd mark in the book, I need Jane to confront Bob, thereby introducing conflict X, which will in turn help propel the narrative on to event F further down the line. I don't know how Jane will confront Bob, or where it will happen, or even if it will necessarily have to <i>be</i> Jane -- all I know is that it is a necessary mile stone in story. I can still see the road stretch out before me over the hills (the story arc), just not all the twists and turns (the plot).Douglas Hulickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221190213829107139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-86234872327638390472009-11-09T09:31:55.729-06:002009-11-09T09:31:55.729-06:00Fascinating and just about perfectly reversed from...Fascinating and just about perfectly reversed from the way I think about it. For me the arc is the plot and the individual events expressing the plot are the storyline.Kelly McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399122960869198042noreply@blogger.com