To Plot or Not To Plot?
I've been reading this ebook - How To Defeat Writers Block - So, it's saying, sometimes it's great to not plot at all - just write. And I'm thinking, yeah that might really work. But here's the thing; Nearly all books you read to help with your novel are written by authors of contemporary. When you're just writing about the ups and downs of someone's life, with love, social problems or even crime, you can manage to do this. But I write fantasy. Let's think, for example, about Sarah J Maas. There are so many clues in earlier books or chapters in both of her series, that when you find out something later on you're like "Of course, 'cos when..." In all the best YA fantasy and sci-fi, the plot is really complicated. If I don't map my plot, there will be no surprises, "of course cos when..." s, unless I go back and put them in, or just write down the occasional note. No, I want my book to be FULL of "Of course!...