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Hiya, folks. I recently ran the idea of a story with randomly-generated plot turns past the community (thread here. The basic idea is that, at certain points in the story, the direction of things is decided randomly, adding some unpredictability to the plot. This is part 1 of 2 of my...

So I've been getting way back into writing lately, and finally decided to open a deviantART account, as well as submit stories here. I've been kicking some ideas for stories around, and one stuck with me and I wanted to see what everyone thought. What I've been doing is experimenting with...

Along with endings, plot complications are a major bugaboo of mine. I find it easy to come up with initial scenarios, but when it comes to devising plot complications and coming up with endings for my stories, it's "Uh... um.... I'm trying to think, and nothing is happening!" Anyone else here...

When I write a story, almost always, I'm trying to tell a story. I start the ideas for plot well before the characters, because unfortunately I view characters as a tool to forward the plot. After I've established a plot I try to find characters that would fit in the circumstances, or modify...

My cat is in on it..a plot to either kill me or do me great bodily harm...our main carpet is burgundy and the cat is black..and when it's rather dark outside or in the house in a dark corner..she loves to just be there waiting for me to trip over her..which i did this morning and last...

I was thinking about possible story-plots and re-reading various bits of writing advice, and in the process came up with the following idea for brainstorming possible plots for stories. I hasten to add that this is not the only way to write stories ("There are nine-and-sixty ways/Of constructing...