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Rose ([personal profile] jadislefeu) wrote2018-12-25 09:43 pm
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I maybe had a breakthrough!

I was on a plane and bored and I have Scrivener on my phone, so I was thinking about things [personal profile] jamethiel and [personal profile] havocthecat said about plotting, and I decided to try outlining on one of my fics (specifically a stalled pine-y Severus/Regulus thing) and instead of frustratedly going 'what is a plot and how do they happen' or 'what Bad Things should happen to characters', I focused on 'I like when characters have perceived or actual betrayals of trust and are sad about it', so I picked around at ways to make the two idiots stop talking to each other and pine tragically, and I think it worked and I have 2500 words of outline (that has a lot of chunks of prose and dialog in it). And that basically resulted in a plot by accident. (Actually I think there's even a B plot somehow.)

I have no idea if I can reproduce this, but I am quite pleased!
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[personal profile] havocthecat 2018-12-26 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, it sounds like you have some great stuff happening! Plot by accident is great. I look forward to hearing more about what you're doing to the two of them!

(Interestingly enough, HP & the POA is the movie that is airing right now.)