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What do you consider to be good plot development?
When a story is unfolding, what kinds of things are you hoping to find? I apologize that this question is a bit vague, but I don't know how else to put it. People always reply with, "Good twists!" but I'd really like to narrow it down a bit more than that. Twists are events that reveal surpsing facts and radically change the direction of the story, but for the rest of the time, how do you want the story to advance? I'm assuming that you want the main character to face interesting problems so you can see how they get out of them, and you want your thirst for whatever emotion you're hoping to find (love, awe, joy/humour) to be sated through all the little incidents that occur. There also need to be answers to questions about things that have happened, as well as secrets and MORE questions raised that you to look forward to.
Is this everything that you need for plot development? Or is there anything else that I've missed out?
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- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
I like atmospheric works; most authors these days try to spare us from reading columns upon columns of description, but I find it hard to 'stage' these kind of stories in my head as I read along.
It may seem that descriptive writing has nothing to do with plot, but I think it is a key feature in works such as Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes etc, where the character's environment plays just as big a role in moving the plot forward as the character's actions.