Last Week I Had Too Much Plot
On what's important for our protagonists, seven second silences and plotting.
Last week, I was plotting something. And I messaged two of my close friends, both writers, to help me tease out what I was trying to do. I was worried about the world I was situating this story in, and through discussion with these friends, I start to realise that I was so worried about what was happening, I was losing sight of what it needed to be abou…
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