I figured out my story seems boring to me b/c I hardly had any subplots. What is a good amount to have? And, if you compare the subplots to the main story, how much time should they take up (or how big should the subplots be?)?
Thanks!
Thanks!
I don't plan or count subplots. From my point of view, subplots work best when they're simply a natural outgrowth of the main story.
Don't forget, your characters are going to be bringing extra baggage with them when you start the story. What, you didn't know they had lives before you began to tell their story?
Subplots... subplots... Okay, so, my question for myself here is, do I have a MAIN plot? I have three major characters and three "lesser" but still important characters. Each one has their own journey and issues to deal with and climaxes. So my climactic moment for one character is more of a minor happening for another character. They're all woven together.
I don't plan or count subplots. From my point of view, subplots work best when they're simply a natural outgrowth of the main story.
As long as it's woven together well you should be good. Is there no larger story arc behind the work? Nothing they all are heading towards?
(I'm a writer, I'm allowed to make words up.)
I don't plan or count subplots. From my point of view, subplots work best when they're simply a natural outgrowth of the main story.
I don't plan or count subplots. From my point of view, subplots work best when they're simply a natural outgrowth of the main story.
Nobody seems to be addressing the obvious. If your book seems boring to you, it's not because of the lack of subplots. What makes a book boring is lack of conflict. Go back to your story and find the conflict. Is there any? Or is it just a string of things happening? And I'm talking conflict. Not complications. I'll give you an example that I shamelessly stole from someone else.
I agree, and you're allowed to change a word's part of speech as well. I once changed Gigantor into an adjective. My creative writing prof did not appreciate it. He seemed to have a strange love for The Gigantor, and did not like the name used with a lower-case letter.