Ten rules for writing fiction. Elmore Leonard: Using adverbs is a mortal sin 1 Never open a book with weather.
If it's only to create atmosphere, and not a character's reaction to the weather, you don't want to go on too long. The reader is apt to leaf ahead looking for people. Random Plot Generator. You can hit your browser's Reload button for another set of plot ideas, though that's not the point of the exercise.
Advice for the Evil Overlord: I will be secure in my superiority. Therefore, I will feel no need to prove it by leaving clues in the form of riddles or leaving my weaker enemies alive to show they pose no threat. Stupid Plot Tricks. Excerpted from my lecture on Stupid Plotting Tricks By Teresa Nielsen Hayden Start with some principles: A plot doesn't have to be new.
It just has to be new to the reader. In fact, it doesn't even have to be new to the reader.