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Gennita Low's Writing Muse needs a voice now and then to remind Gennita about her love for writing and her battle with words. It's a dark world illuminated by the glow of creation. The Muse is that light. Sometimes she sleeps. Sometimes she's ferocious. Often she patiently waits. Pst. Never ignore her. Feed the Muse or else.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Plot: Think Sideways

Plot is so boring. Consider these words instead:

Journey (as in Gabaldon's long saga of Jaime and Claire)

Adventure (as in The Bros of the Black Dagger)

Battle (as in the Dark Hunter books)

Flirtation (as in Pride and Prejudice)

Quest (as in the Feehan Carpathian books)

Game (as in Nikita Black's Cajun Hot)

Mission (as in LKH's Merry Gentry series)

Vision (as in Buffy)

Soul Searching (as in Facing Fear)

Remake (as in Into Danger)

Rebirth (as in Wuthering Heights)

Blooming (as in Linda Howard's Shades of Twilight)

Do you see? Can you think of a few more interesting words other than PLOT?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Challenge, as in Kresley Cole's A HUNGER LIKE NO OTHER.

Gennita said...

Good one. I use this exercise often.

Leilani said...

Emotion vs Logic (Nalini Singh's Slave to Sensation and Visions of Heat)

Gennita said...

Leilani,

Opposites Attract -- yes, that's also a good dimension to explore.