Monday, July 28, 2014

Painful Plotting

I'm over at From the Write Angle today talking about Plotting. As I'm not a plotter, this should be interesting!

I'm attempting to plot out a rewrite. I love the story and the characters, but there are huge issues with the story - mainly lack of tension between the 2 MCs. It's a contemporary romance so (d'uh!) I need tension. They're both too sweet and nice and get along and... yeah, no tension. There's lots of external stuff to keep it going, but it's not enough. Not nearly.

Hence the need to plot! Hope you'll pop on over and join the discussion - I could use some suggestions!

26 comments:

Mason Canyon said...

You'll tackle it with no worries.

Jemi Fraser said...

Alex - I hope so!!

Mason - thanks for the vote of confidence :)

cleemckenzie said...

I've got to read what a non-plotter has to say about plotting! I'm on my way over to The Write Angle.

klahanie said...

Hey Jemi,

And the plot unthickens. If I can think of suggestion, I'll let you know. "Penny! Penny! HELP me, please!"

Gary :)

Carol Kilgore said...

Thanks for including the link to the Chuck Wendig article. Love it!

Kelly Polark said...

Bring on the tension, girl! Will check out your post!

Jemi Fraser said...

Gary - Penny is always willing to share! :)

Carol - me too - brilliant stuff!

Kelly - I'm trying! :)

DEZMOND said...

Bring in a third person and make it a triangle :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Dezzy - sounds like fun! :)

Anonymous said...

Jemi, best wishes with plotting your rewrite.

Michael Di Gesu said...

Hi, Jemi,

Knowing there's a problem put you half way there! Everyday life give us lots of tension... pull from your personal experiences and the rewrite will flow!

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Susanne!

Michael - that's a great tip - thanks! :)

Anonymous said...

It seems daunting, but once you get into it maybe it won't be so bad. That's what I find. I'll check out the post.

Yvonne Osborne said...

C'mon Jemi...there's nothing more boring than sweet!!:)

I'm just jealous...having no time this summer to further my writing.

Good luck with inserting some tension and discovering those character flaws we all have.

Shelley Sly said...

I'm on my way to check it out!

You've got a great eye for all things writing-related, Jemi, so I think your manuscript will end up in great shape!

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Medeia - it is definitely daunting rightnow :)

Yvonne - teehee! That's exactly the problem - the external conflict was good but I need more tension!! :)

Shelley - awww - thanks! I hope so!! :)

Crystal Collier said...

I totally understand. It took me a while before I was comfortable with plotting.

Jemi Fraser said...

Crystal - but you got there! There's hope! :)

A said...

Oh, you'll figure it out Jemi :-) No doubt!

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Agnes - I hope so!

Deniz Bevan said...

Eep! I'd be no help. I've written outlines after the fact but the one and only time I plotted a story before writing it, the story itself never got written...

Jemi Fraser said...

Deniz - that's what scares me!!! Setting it all out in advance sucks a lot of the fun out so far!

LD Masterson said...

Hi. I'm a little late getting here but I'll hop over to From the Write Angle now.

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Linda! :)

Beth said...

I find it so hard to write an outline, but it gets a little easier with each book. Before I started writing my current one, I spent nearly six months working on my story. (Painful … but I think it helped.)

Good luck!

Jemi Fraser said...

Beth - Oy!! 6 months sounds heart breaking to me!! But I can see why it would take so long.