Plot Obstacles: Too Easy, Too Difficult, or Just Right?

Many plot events in our story act as obstacles for our characters to overcome.The obstacles might be big or small—or anything in between.

Or maybe they seem small yet have big consequenceslater. For example, a character could get stuck at a railroad crossing and end up late for an interview, costing them the job.

Last week, we talked about how the plot is not our story. We can change plot events around and not necessarily change the main premise of our story.

The plot event holding up our ch...