Also, I'd like to open up a question for you readers--what subject of writing would you like me to speak on? I'm having a hard time coming up with topics. Outlining? Suspense? The Plot? Fantasy worlds in general, or a specific part?
Feel free to suggest anything you wish, and I may pick a subject or two out of the center. :)
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I say character--the most important part of any story.
@Beorn, yes character is important but I think the plot is even more important.
Do you (Jake) think you could do a post or two on the plot? I know I have trouble creating and keeping with my plots and I'd love to know, from your experience in getting past 30K words, how you did it. The max word count I reached in a novel was about 15K.
Also, I downloaded Y-Writer and am LOVING it...it's helping with my writing a ton, especially because now I feel free'er to work in scenes rather than chapters.
Character versus plot? My. Perhaps I'll do a post on both, and then discuss the order of importance in a third post. :D
In a way, both are crucial. Character can't do anything without plot, and nothing but plot doesn't get anywhere either. But my theory is that good plots can MAKE good characters. A character is made on his or her decisions, usually relating to the plot. But it's not entirely true, perhaps. I'll examine it in a longer length in a future post. Thanks, Squeaks and Beorn! :D
Jake - How about one of everything?
Squeaks - I love yWriter as well. It's helping me feel more inspired.
@Squeaks
I'd have to agree with Jake on this one. Character and plot are both equally important in a good story--I wasn't thinking when I wrote my first comment (although, I do think that in order to have a good plot, it is very important to have a good character FIRST. Otherwise you'll have a halfhearted character who does whatever the plot demands of him/her, even if it is out of character for that person).
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