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P.M. Marc - May 02, 2003 11:46:42 am PDT #5351 of 10000

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I guess we're back to definition here. If someone uses "plotty" to mean, say, "densely plotted", then I can start to narrow stuff down some.

I think I'm seeing it often used as shorthand for densely plotted, yerp.

amych - May 02, 2003 11:47:55 am PDT #5352 of 10000

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I think I'm just gonna follow Suela around waving a "what she said" banner.

Consuela - May 02, 2003 11:50:30 am PDT #5353 of 10000

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

t blush

Steph L. - May 02, 2003 11:57:03 am PDT #5354 of 10000

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

To me, "plotty" means the point of the story is the unfolding events, not character interactions or character development

Hmmm. I tend to believe that the characters *drive* the plot, but then I'm also thinking novels, not fanfic.

P.M. Marc - May 02, 2003 12:05:53 pm PDT #5355 of 10000

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Hmmm. I tend to believe that the characters *drive* the plot, but then I'm also thinking novels, not fanfic.

I can't really separate the two, in terms of how I think of them as a reader. (Obvious distinctions re: writing)

Theodosia - May 02, 2003 12:08:52 pm PDT #5356 of 10000

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I started out writing fanfic in an X-Men APA, where all the fanfic was of course plot-driven, since that was the model we used derived from the comics. It wasn't until much later when I was out into the wider world of fanfic that I ran across non-plot-centered fanfic. So I'm more than a little biased by my personal history.

esse - May 02, 2003 12:10:19 pm PDT #5357 of 10000

S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

I want an adventure, not the journal of a person's inner turmoil.

I tend to want both. Those stories are very, very hard to find, but when I find them I hang on to them very, very hard.

I'm not sure I've ever really written a "plotty" story, then, by the definitions above. Hm.

P.M. Marc - May 02, 2003 12:13:18 pm PDT #5358 of 10000

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I've never written a densely-plotted story.

But I do have charts and notes for the non-densely plotted longer ones! t /cheerful

esse - May 02, 2003 12:18:31 pm PDT #5359 of 10000

S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Hey, woman, you feel like chatting?

P.M. Marc - May 02, 2003 12:19:46 pm PDT #5360 of 10000

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Sure. Give me a mo. I'm in a translucent shift and it's somewhat cold, so I'm thinkin' clothing.

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