Bob's Write from the Start: Plot vs Narrative

Bob's Write from the Start

Bob’s Write from the Start, a blog sharing the roller coaster ride of this renewing writer’s feelings and actual experiences, began March 2017. That January, I began with a two-sentence contribution to a local Writing Group. I am now a Guest Columnist for a local paper and have contributed to small and online magazines. My comments for new and renewing writers? Start by starting. Join a writing group. You are unique but not alone. Once you start work, you will not be in Kansas anymore.

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Plot vs Narrative

Thank you, Mary Daniels Brown

https://medium.com/@MDBrownPhD/how-narrative-structure-works-in-fiction-e19f7d689444

Plot is the main character's actions in pursuit of a goal, listed in chronological order.

Includes aspects such as "why's", linkages between events, causes and effects, motivation

Narrative is the order in which the author presents the various events that make up the plot's chronological timeline.

Structured so that the telling of the story is and interesting read.

Narrative + Description + Characterization = Story.

[a version of what Stephen King says]

See also Novel Writing Help for some sensible comments

https://www.novel-writing-help.com/novel-writing-roadmap.html

There. I'm done for awhile. Now back to actually writing stuff.

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Name: Bob's Write From The Start

Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Born, raised and living in Sarnia, Ontario, Bob Boulton began writing poetry, short stories and humorous articles for his high school newspaper in the period just after dinosaurs roamed the earth. His article on the mysteries of the Chess Club was particularly well-received. Bob’s excruciatingly naive teenage sonnet was published with positive mention in the high school yearbook. In University he wrote pretty much indecipherable essays on Existentialism and Phenomenology. Then, early in his working career, Bob also wrote short feature articles in the now-defunct (not his fault) Weston York Times. For this, he was paid $5.00 per article, which didn’t quite cover his transportation and parking costs. Then after a short break of thirty-five or forty years as an executive and leadership coach, Bob reactivated his passion for writing. The alternatives he considered were learning to yodel or trying to play the bagpipes. Bob’s loving and supportive family voted enthusiastically, and quickly, for writing.