An Easy Tip for Tightening Your Novel’s Plot

By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy

A loose plot can easily unravel, but tying up the threads strengthens the entire novel.
One of my favorite things about writing a novel is when I make a connection I hadn’t realized before, that fits so well it makes it seem as though I’d planned it all along. It’s my subconscious working in the background no doubt, but it dawned on me that I didn’t have to wait for my inner writer to clue me in—I could consciously look for those connections.

Once I started looking, I found multiple “hidden connections” per book that deepened the plot and made it more unpredictable. The obvious characters became red herrings for the more subtle ones lurking in the background doing “plot things” and making the story work.

Plus, it’s a ton of fun.
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