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Plotting, Planning, World-Building and Head-Hopping: Reader Q&A

5/8/2023

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The Agent of Weird welcomes reader questions! If you want to ask what works for me when writing stuff about vampires, aliens and wizards, then head over to my Substack and drop a query in the comments...
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'Consulting the Oracle’ by John William Waterhouse (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
“I'd be interested in reading your thoughts on emotional arcs versus plot-driven stories. Horror seems like a good place to go heavier on the plot and lighter on the emotionality, e.g. John Carpenter's The Thing.” 
Sweet Nightmares Media
It took me a while to really understand that plot and character are essentially the same thing. I’m pretty sure it was when I was watching the first season of Game of Thronesthat the penny finally dropped. I saw how an action taken by a certain character – like Jamie shoving Bran out of a window at the end of episode one – triggers the next beat of the story. In this case, the next beat is that Bran didn’t die as Jamie planned. This causes the next beat of the story in which everyone else must now decide how to react. Their actions will cause another character to react, setting up the next beat, and the next, and so on, cause and effect. And if the characters are drawn well enough, they’ll often come up with those beats for you...

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    • Treasury of British Comics
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    • Dandridge
    • Durham Red
    • John Carpenter's Night Terrors: The Coffin Road
    • John Carpenter's Tales for a Halloween Night
    • Judge Dredd
    • Robo-Hunter
    • Tales From The Black Museum
    • Tharg's Future Shocks
    • Custom comics
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    • Warhammer
    • Judge Anderson
    • Judge Dredd
    • Sharkpunk
    • Empires Of The Imagination
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