Plot Advice

Thank goodness! My new/old computer is back in business. There are just one or two sites that I’m still trying to recover the login info for. That lets me get on with the book map for Prisoners of the Wailing Tower.

And I’ve already discovered an issue! I forgot that I gave the bad gal, Ar-Lizelle, some minor mental powers at the start of the book. In fact, these crop up throughout the plot. But, at the end of the book, her sister Lorrah uses a very similar mental power to knock her out and escape. So I’ll either have to take Ar-Lizelle’s mental powers away, or think of a new way for Lorrah to escape.

Actually, this connects with a plot issue that I’d love to get advice from all you writers. Through much of the novella, Lorrah is afraid of her sister and refuses to go into an area where she might have to confront her. But, by the end, Lorrah voluntarily goes into that area to draw Ar-Lizelle away from something else that’s going on.

Here’s my question: is it better to keep it this way, or should I allow Lorrah to think she’s avoiding the situation and then have Ar-Lizelle figure out where she is and come after her? In the first option, Lorrah makes a courageous decision. In the second, the plot gets a major twist.

What do you guys think? Should I go for the plot twist or the character growth? Not that I promise to follow a majority vote or anything — it’s still my story — but I’m genuinely interested in your thoughts.

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