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mr ploppy · 05-31-2011, 04:05 PM

I didn't have a plot when I started writing, in fact I still don't. I just knew what sort of people I wanted to write about and a few of the things that I wanted to happen to them.

So I wrote lots of random scenes with different characters and bits of dialogue. I figured I could always come up with an idea for a story later, then put them into the right order. It was supposed to be one long story, but it ended up being a series of short stories that sort of happen in a more or less chronological order.

I've treated it like a learning exercise, with all my mistakes on view in public for people to laugh at when I'm poor and famous. But while I was writing it I had some other ideas for what to do with a few of the characters, and I've started thinking about plots for those.

05-31-2011, 04:05 PM	#7
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	I didn't have a plot when I started writing, in fact I still don't. I just knew what sort of people I wanted to write about and a few of the things that I wanted to happen to them. So I wrote lots of random scenes with different characters and bits of dialogue. I figured I could always come up with an idea for a story later, then put them into the right order. It was supposed to be one long story, but it ended up being a series of short stories that sort of happen in a more or less chronological order. I've treated it like a learning exercise, with all my mistakes on view in public for people to laugh at when I'm poor and famous. But while I was writing it I had some other ideas for what to do with a few of the characters, and I've started thinking about plots for those.