Overlooking Fantastic Subplots

[Tara ♪]

Empathy, yes. I'm still working on conquering that issue. :)

[Emma]

What if you tried writing a shorter story for each of the subplots, then pick and choose which parts to use and combine it into one bigger work? I've never tried it, but it might work -- now I really want to though :D

[Irene]

Sandy wrote: "I really don't mean to do that. I write out character profiles, write out text treatments and backstories, but then when the actual writing happens, I later discover that I overlooked answering/ask..."

I'm not saying that I have this conquered, by any mean, but have you tried just making a list of them? I find that if I keep a list of these things, completely finish the first rough draft, and then go back and study things it's easier to pick what needs to stay/go/be developed.

[Emma]

I actually have that problem too. I once mentioned in a story "he loved churches. In face, his night-job was designing them." But I never carried that through...