Dec 2, 2024
Subplots: When Do They Suck?
How can writers avoid the dreaded D-level B-plot? Today we're talking about how to identify and bolster weak subplots.
I saw this topic spring up online recently, and it got me thinking: what makes a subplot bad? As a writer, it’s an important question—the fewer bad subplots, the more money we make. The more money we make, the faster we become eccentric weirdos hammering away on a typewriter in our custom-built, cliff-perched, storm-wracked Enya castles. I mean, the more fulfilling art we can make or…