So I'm working on my memoir, and I've got a basic plot outlined: basically, me vs. the Slovenian government. But I also have subplots about my relationships with various characters.
I'm struggling with the best way to arrange these stories. Chronologically? Should I shuffle them into some other order to make them better fit around the main plot? Should I devote an entire chapter to each of the other major characters and tell their whole stories in that one place? Or distribute the subplots more evenly through the book? Since there are sometimes months-long gaps in their stories, wouldn't that be confusing?
I'm nearly at my wits' end trying to figure all this out. Help!
I'm struggling with the best way to arrange these stories. Chronologically? Should I shuffle them into some other order to make them better fit around the main plot? Should I devote an entire chapter to each of the other major characters and tell their whole stories in that one place? Or distribute the subplots more evenly through the book? Since there are sometimes months-long gaps in their stories, wouldn't that be confusing?
I'm nearly at my wits' end trying to figure all this out. Help!