tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post4769015961854418393..comments2024-03-27T10:02:56.747-04:00Comments on Fiction University: How to Fill Plot Holes in Your Novel Janice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-73780017691689520992017-02-04T09:21:52.088-05:002017-02-04T09:21:52.088-05:00Thanks for this post. One to save for my next WIP!...Thanks for this post. One to save for my next WIP! (hopefully don't have holes in Half-Truths!)Carol Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444182118975929045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-85552227405694809372017-02-03T17:58:59.561-05:002017-02-03T17:58:59.561-05:00Once you have finished your first draft, put your ...Once you have finished your first draft, put your manuscript in a drawer for as long as you can before revision. At the least, a month. The longer the better. You need a set of fresh eyes to not only find plot holes, but to get excited again about your story and manuscript.websitehttp://www.inflowcomm.com/start-shoretel-resellers.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-69516196686530855802017-02-01T18:47:07.847-05:002017-02-01T18:47:07.847-05:00There is another way to consider plot holes. When ...There is another way to consider plot holes. When I wrote my first novel, I considered it to be the first in a series. So there are plot holes in it, but then they get filled in later in the series. One involves a paranormal incident that apparently drives a local police officer into insanity. The officer goes missing, and so does his wife. The present characters are fearful for her because they went to high school with here, and her disappearance is not at all like her. The officer shows up one more time in the story, still crazed and scary, in a little town in Arizona. <br /><br />Those are the only things I say about him in the first story. There is nothing that says, "Remember this guy."<br /><br />But you can bet he'll show up in a later book. I really do want people who read my story to worry about where he is, and where his wife is. bloggerjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280219040560653721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-5548791442604279472017-02-01T12:56:58.993-05:002017-02-01T12:56:58.993-05:00I look for places where things are going too smoot...I look for places where things are going too smoothly. Also, Janice, could you answer last week's question that someone asked about POV 1st person for multiple characters?? Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02787259249720031535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-19532568056050783252017-02-01T10:39:01.678-05:002017-02-01T10:39:01.678-05:00Thanks Janice! This is helpful. I am actually in t...Thanks Janice! This is helpful. I am actually in the process of asking myself a bunch of "WHY?" questions now. marti parhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619874032864736750noreply@blogger.com