Techno Thriller Novels - Developing the Plot
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Technothriller novels and thriller novels - how to develop the plot, or more specifically, how I do it. Do you start out with a central idea, and then map it and develop it from there, with the structure clear in your mind, or on paper, before you start writing? Or, do you have another approach? Many writers let the story flow, and that’s what I’ve learned to do, starting from one central idea (the fesible extraction of gold from seawater). Of course, that way, you don’t know how it will end up, other than the fact that you have to keep alive the main character (or not)!
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 techno thriller novels - how i develop the plot revolution or evolution when you write a techno thriller novel or thrillers in general , how does the plot develop and evolve do you start out with a central idea, and then map it and develop it from there, with the structure clear in your mind, or on paper, before you start writing or, do you have another approach many writers let the story flow, and that&rsquo s what i&rsquo ve learned to do, starting from one central idea the fesible extraction of gold from seawater of course, that way, you don&rsquo t know how it will end up, other than the fact that you have to keep alive the main character or not &lsquo gate of tears&rsquo is set mainly in the middle east, where the strait known as the &lsquo gate of tears&rsquo guards the southern entrance to the red sea there is action and other storylines are set in alaska, australia, london and china besides the red sea, and in many ways the geography helped the plot development it would probably be more difficult for me to write a thriller that was set in a fairly constrained environment &ndash say a prison anyway, one of the problems about not thinking the plot through in advance though i&rsquo m not sure that affects this point , is that a stage comes in the story where a character has come to an impossible situation how does one deal with that well, firstly, i was the one that put him or her in that spot i can always &lsquo unwrite&rsquo it but to me, that seems like a copout so, i wait and think, and sometimes it takes a few weeks to resolve the situation even by adding in some relevant context earlier in the book it all helps to build the story it gives me more time to think, too another issue is when you are wondering &lsquo what happens next&rsquo you could do as luke rhinehart does in &lsquo the diceman&rsquo identify some options and then throw the dice to see which scores most that&rsquo s an interesting way of moving the plot forward, but it&rsquo s an approach i didn&rsquo t use i don&rsquo t know how it worked for me, i guess it was just creative when things got to a junction techno thrillers also offer other ways of plot development, because the technology itself can tell a story and, then, when you get down to it, if you have some nous, you can extrapolate existing technology i have a defence equipment blog feed which i follow, and that unearths new technology for me then, today on the television, i saw the new sony robot which can hop on one leg, pour a drink and dance it was scary, and the weapons possibilities are disturbing or not - maybe they&rsquo d save lives anyway, in a techno thriller, these techniques all help the plot develop and evolve, allowing room for creativity my favourite, though, is when i tell the main character &lsquo now, get out of that &rdquo