In their latest podcast, the Writing Excuses hosts talk about story structure, including questions from their live audience. Their questions include:
- How do you make sure you’ve got the right number of plot threads?
- How do you spread the structure of a given plot line across multiple books?
- How do you avoiding having subplots distract readers from the main plot?
- What are some strategies you can use to better align character goals with the overall problem of the story?
- Are there clear dos and don’ts with regard to story structure?
- How do you prepare or color-code bits for running a role-playing game? More broadly: what organizational tools do you use for story structure?
