Fiction Writing Dos and Don'ts!


Inspired Writing


Writing Advice Pt.2

Emotional Threads

When used properly a thread or plot device can be devastatingly emotional. And this is a good thing, but there is yet another type of plot device that can wring even more emotional turmoil out of your story….a character’s charitable act.

Yes, a good character’s selflessness or - even better - a bad guy that became good can be used to achieve the same type of goal. Redemption.

I have used this as well, and it’s great for character development. Both kinds of character development - the type where you as the writer develop a character into a three-dimensional person that your reader can identify with and love…as well as that character’s emotional development over the period of your story.

Good, thought-out plot devices and well executed threads can certainly accomplish this.