Revenge of the Premise Bunnies
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onedeadplotbunnyI thought I'd resurrect an old discussion here. Two years ago, kalloway made a post discussing the differences between a premise bunny and a plot bunny.
Long story short: A premise bunny is a basic idea that lacks the plotty goodness of a proper plot bunny. It's the germination of an idea that resembles a plot bunny, but without having the faintest clue where it's supposed to end up.
I do have quite a few premise bunnies myself. But I'd rather hear about you guys. What's a pet premise bunny for you, and how are you working (or not working) on growing it into a proper plot bunny?
kalloway made a post discussing the differences between a premise bunny and a plot bunny.Long story short: A premise bunny is a basic idea that lacks the plotty goodness of a proper plot bunny. It's the germination of an idea that resembles a plot bunny, but without having the faintest clue where it's supposed to end up.
I do have quite a few premise bunnies myself. But I'd rather hear about you guys. What's a pet premise bunny for you, and how are you working (or not working) on growing it into a proper plot bunny?
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Date: 2017-05-02 01:27 am (UTC)One of the changes that I've noticed in my writing recently is that story ideas are much more likely to come with plot. Previously it had generally been a character, or a scenario, or a worldbuilding detail (often a "what if X worked Z way instead of Y way?") -- but usually static. But within the past year or two, while the story-seeds are often the same sort of thing, they will come with plot, or at the very least, direction, a string that if I keep pulling on it will lead me to what turns out to be a plot, to mix my metaphors.