Thursday, January 5, 2012

Stuck For a Solution To a Plot Dilemma?

For Creative Writers!

Please cross post wherever you want.

This is just for fun, OK?  Not all that serious, though you may find inspiration here.

Join here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/plot_solutions

The way it works is that writers who are stuck for where a plot should go pose a question, bare bones information, one sentence only.

Then anyone else on the group may supply the solution, funny, serious, whatever.

For example, someone might post this plot question: "How will Sully come to realize that he is in love with Cleve?"  That's all.. no more information, just the barebones of the situation.  Since the group will be 100% moderated anything longer or more involved will be deleted.

Then everyone else can offer a solution.  Any solution.  So for instance, these possibilities:

"Sully drives away then starts to feel just how much he will miss Cleve."
"Sully sees a photo of himself and Cleve and it makes him cry."
"Sully finds himself gazing at Cleve without realizing it."
"Sully realizes how much Cleve reminds him of his favorite teddy bear he had as a child."

The answers might make you laugh, they might make you shake your head, or they might just offer the key to your writing dilemma.

We will wait until we have at least a dozen members before we approve the first questions.

All genres, so don't get distracted by the example here.

Enjoy yourself!

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