Jun 17

Not-plot-bombs

Posted: under the writing life.
Tags: ,  June 17th, 2011

Plot bombs I’ve explained before–inspiration that explodes in the plot and drives it forward into new and fascinating territory.    What I’ve had this week isn’t a plot bomb.  It’s more like that rib-spreader thing that surgeons use when they want to mess around inside someone’s chest cavity.    This week’s inspiration–if you can call it that–shoved itself into too small a space in the plot and then pushed it open.

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