I'm honored to have a special blogger friend of mine, Alea Harper, write up a guest post on
A Writer's Faith today!
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The plot of a story is probably the most important
element of any narrative piece of writing.
It is what drives the story. It
is the basis of the entire story. For
some, coming up with plots is extremely easy, and for some, it is very
hard. So let's explore some ways you can
come up with original, unpredictable plots.
First, there has to be that spark, the idea that you will
develop into a plot. For me, these ideas
tend to come from Pinterest, music, and sometimes dreams. Other times, it can be the thought of what if
these two novels I read combined and was a spy novel? Of course, while developing your plot, you
would want it to vary from the two novels you read but it still sparked the
idea.
After getting the spark of inspiration, it is time to come
up with a plot! A plot figures out the
problem in the story and different elements.
It can also be hard to do. For
example, a few months ago, I got an idea for a story I called The Time Division
Experiment. I knew that I wanted it to
be a story about a person who lived in 4 alternate universe type things. It was really one city divided into four
walled sections. Anyways, I really liked
the idea but had no idea what the problem should be. And when I tried to plot it out, it came out
to be strikingly like "Truth" by Molly Evangeline. Something I like to do to help me with coming
up with plots is finding something that I have always wanted a story to have,
but haven't found anybody do it.
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Alea Harper is a Christian writer (and hopes to one day be an author). She loves to write (obviously), make movies, serve others, and tell people about Jesus! Almost every day, she is on some adventure; whether its joining the Fellowship and defeating Sauron in “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien, running from Emperor
Daicen in “Resistance” by Jaye L. Knight, or going on her own adventure that she writes, something exciting is always happening! You can read more about Alea and her writing at her blog: http://www.elvishpensfantasticalwritings.blogspot.com/
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