Subplot and Mini Plot Details That I Always Love
I was having difficulty coming up with a post topic for today, but fortunately I remembered that I had drafted part of this post months ago and then never come back to it. Procrastination, to the rescue!
Subplot and mini plot details that I always love
The neighbor that has a background character arc.
The thing where there's a conversation going on in the foreground and something funny going on in the background.
The dog that keeps leaving and coming back.
The character that's always baking- especially when it means they're in a specific mood.
When a lot of time passes. So many stories happen in a few week's timeframe, but I like when we're just told that a whole year passed or something and then the narrative continues.
Re-occurring jokes.
When the character who has been in the dark about some huge secret figures it out for themselves.
When the character who has been in the dark about some huge secret thinks they've figured it out but they've read all the signals horribly wrong.
When a character is consistently bad at something and never improves.
When they lose something of personal value and mourn its loss, but then it's returned later.
The clock that is never on time.
Forgetting about that one character that's on a side quest of their own, and then they show up and save the day in the finale.
When a character has been shirking one specific responsibility and then symbolically does it when they've completed their character arc.
Infants being involved anywhere.
Quick, give me a mini plot detail that YOU love! Let's see it down in the comments!
The neighbor that has a background character arc.
The thing where there's a conversation going on in the foreground and something funny going on in the background.
The dog that keeps leaving and coming back.
The character that's always baking- especially when it means they're in a specific mood.
When a lot of time passes. So many stories happen in a few week's timeframe, but I like when we're just told that a whole year passed or something and then the narrative continues.
Re-occurring jokes.
When the character who has been in the dark about some huge secret figures it out for themselves.
When the character who has been in the dark about some huge secret thinks they've figured it out but they've read all the signals horribly wrong.
When a character is consistently bad at something and never improves.
When they lose something of personal value and mourn its loss, but then it's returned later.
The clock that is never on time.
Forgetting about that one character that's on a side quest of their own, and then they show up and save the day in the finale.
When a character has been shirking one specific responsibility and then symbolically does it when they've completed their character arc.
Infants being involved anywhere.
Quick, give me a mini plot detail that YOU love! Let's see it down in the comments!
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