What is a subplot, and what is its purpose? A subplot is a secondary storyline that runs parallel to the main plot and is interwoven with it. Its purpose is to add layers, complexity, and depth to the story, further character development, intensify conflict and stakes, and provide contrast in tone and events.
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Overview of Plot Progress Types
Plot progress is about creating the sense that your story is leading toward an inevitable outcome. Here is a list of possible progress types.
List of Plot Archetypes
Plot archetypes are story templates we come across over and over again. Character and setting are different but the plot is the same over and over again. Here is a list of plot archetypes to use as inspiration.
Opening
“Once upon a time etc. etc. “
Mirroring & Reversing
“Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…What the shit?!”
How to Do Plot Armor?
In simple terms, plot armor is when a character survives a dangerous situation or escapes death due to seemingly impossible circumstances. It is a term used to describe a character’s ability to survive in situations where they should have perished. For example, a character might escape a burning building without a scratch or make it out of an all-out gunfight not hit once.
Plot: Complex & Simple Actions
Not everything the character does, not every plot event that happens is a turning point or a moment of revelation. Some actions are just actions, links in the chain that ties together action A with action B. Action A and B here refer to complex actions. These are the plot events that come with revelation, …
Plot: Chain of Cause & Effect
It isn’t just about what happens but also about the possibility that opens up for what may happen because of it (always keeping the laws of probability and necessity in mind). That is the difference between a history teller and a storyteller. Historians tell us what has happened, as accurately as possible. Storytellers present what …
Singular Plot Action
Plot is what happens in the story. It is not just a bunch of things that happen. Actually, it is one thing that happens.