7 - Plotting, evaluation, and more research        Tue, 6/30/09 - Scott

I evaluate the plot that I created.

Martin and Lars' interaction isn't sufficient at this point, so I put in more conflict by raising the stakes and putting in more stumbling blocks to overcome. As the story develops, more of this plotting will naturally come from their interaction.

I don't know everything that is going to happen at the time of writing the synopsis or treatment - you have to play with the characters, get to know them, make them interact in the story - then you write it in, or rewrite. But I know a lot of the major things that are going to happen before I begin writing the story.

More medical research: I needed to raise the stakes more so that tension climbs farther into the story. This also gave me more info to scatter throughout the story for stakes and realism.

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