Alex J. Brock

Tag: plot

  • Unfinished Business’ plot, or why making a plot can be hard

    Unfinished Business, the story I’m working on now, started with a single question, as I said previously. “What would elves and dwarves in a modern setting look like?” The thing is, creating a setting was easy, creating Unfinished Business’ plot was a giant pain in the ass. Really, I only came up with it once…

  • How the plot of Raven: Priestess of Nocturne came to be

    Apologies for the delay. I got sidetracked on a writing side-project that may or may not see the light of day. It’s a very personal project that may or may not see publication. So now, we focus on how the plot of Raven: Priestess of Nocturne came to be. So, the plot for Raven: Priestess…

  • Plot: Not just a bunch of things that happen

    So now we get to the nuts and bolts: the plot of your story. There are a range of ways to look at plots, ranging from the core of your story to the method you use to simply keep your characters moving through the story with the real spotlight on them. Regardless, it is an…