Showing posts with label plotting is like sex. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plotting is like sex. Show all posts

Wednesday, 31 December 2008

A little analysis that made me laugh

I was sent this and it made me giggle, yet it made complete sense...:


Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens, to unravel the mystery, to see good triumph. You have to sustain it, keep it warm, feed it, just a little bit, not too much at a time, as your story goes on. That's called suspense. It can bring desire to a frenzy, in which case you are in a good in which case you are in a good position to bring off a wonderful climax.