Do You Have Any Tips On How To Come Up With Plot? I Get General Ideas For Stories But Nothing More Than

Do you have any tips on how to come up with plot? I get general ideas for stories but nothing more than a line

It's going to depend on what your goal is when you're writing as well as what your writing style is.

If you sit down to write with the goal of a 100K longfic, then you're going to need multiple plots. A main plotline (that first sentence you come up with) and at least one sideplot, if not more. The main plot generally follows the main characters and the sideplot tends to fall to secondary or tertiary characters.

Then it's kind of a matter of going through your question words:

What's your one sentence idea? What's happening at the same time as that? Who else is involved? Where do they need to go? Why do they need to do this thing? Why in that place? What stops them from doing it? How do they get past that issue?

When I start writing a fic, I have a one-sentence plot that cracks me up and I write the first chapter setting up that situation. Then I post it. Then I think about what logically needs to happen next, what could happen next, what would be funny if it happened next, etc.

I try to have some end goal in mind. For example, the ship gets together or the trip they're on ends or they capture the bad guy etc. Keeping that end goal in mind allows me to write my way to it chapter by chapter as ideas occur to me, and before you know it I've got 12 chapters and the fic is done.

Either that or I think "what would an argument about pickles look like between these characters?" or "what would this bad guy's planner have in its schedule?" and I just write a oneshot.

What about the rest of you? How do you go about taking a small idea and turning it into a story?

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20 Caretaker Dialogue Prompts

1. “Hold on, we’re coming.”

2. “I won’t let you fall.”

3. “Hey, it’s me, it’s just me.”

4. “Oh god… what did they do to you?”

5. “Can you stay awake for me?”

6. “Who gave you permission to fall asleep?”

7. “I’m going to make that sick bastard suffer for what he did to you.”

8. “Don’t look” / “Look at me”

9. “Here, you might need something to bite on…”

10. “I thought I’d never get to see you again.”

11. “I know you can’t talk, but I just want you to know that I’m not going anywhere.”

12. “I’m not leaving you here!”

13. “Hold my hand.”

14. “You’re so cold…” / “You’re burning up”

15. “I know it hurts, I’m sorry.”

16. “I’ve got you.”

17. “Please be okay.”

18. “I’m sorry I failed you, I should’ve been there.”

19. “Just keep pressure on it.”

20. “Please don’t leave me, I can’t do this without you.”

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Welcome back to Whumpcember!

Or if you're new, welcome!

This is the second ever Whumpcember event and I am happy to be running it again! I am so thankful for all the support for last year's Whumpcember and for everyone who filled out the prompt list form! I hope everyone has a wonderful writing Whumpcember, and now, onto the rules!

Prompts should be answered with whump as the main focus

Fanfic! Gif! Text post! Fanart! Fan video! Any piece of media that you can possibly make that has whump counts!

You can use the prompts any time! Don't feel the need to rush

Though, prompts answered during December will most likely be reblogged

Post anywhere! AO3, Wattapad, Tumblr, or even Fanfic.Net! So as long as you make a Tumblr post with a link to the answered prompt it may be reblogged.

When posting onto Tumblr you can either @ the blog or tag with #whumpcember2023 and the day's tag, such as #whumpcember2023 day1

Don't forget to add any warnings necessary, such as NSFW or sexual content

An AO3 Collection will go out on December 1 and close January 1, it's not mandatory, but if you want your works saved in a collection, make sure you get it in on time!

At the end of the month a masterpost will go out to all participants and a badge you can save stating that you are either a participant or completionist. In order to be on the masterpost though, you will have to fill out a google form at the end of month; don't worry it'll take two minutes!

If you have any more questions, send me an ask, but please read the FAQ first!

Written Prompt list below:

-Main Prompts-

Day 1: Fever

Day 2: Sickness

Day 3: Hypothermia

Day 4: Hidden Injury

Day 5: Impaled

Day 6: Nightmares

Day 7: Fainting

Day 8: Isolation

Day 9: Brainwashing

Day 10: Freezing

Day 11: Infection

Day 12: Touch Starved

Day 13: Restraints

Day 14: Cornered

Day 15: Hallucinating

Day 16: Head Injury

Day 17: Fire

Day 18: Chronic Pain

Day 19: Exhaustion

Day 20: Drugged

Day 21: Choking

Day 22: Seizures

Day 23: Nosebleed

Day 24: Bullet

Day 25: Coma

Day 26: Collapse

Day 27: Bleeding Out

Day 28: Abandoned

Day 29: Paralyzed

Day 30: Delirium

Day 31: Homeless

-Alts-

Alt 1. Stabbed

Alt 2. Forced to Watch

Alt 3. Drowning

Alt 4. Ice

Alt 5. Sacrifice

Alt 6. Concussion

Alt 7. Hunger

Alt 8. Tears

Alt 9. Begging

Alt 10. Abused