How do you have writing fun with plots? Check out my suggestions below.
Fun Ideas for Plots
- Play with the rules of a genre. What if the couple doesn’t end up together at the end of the romcom? What if the mystery isn’t solved?
- Place your characters in a different genre. For example, if you’ve written fantasy stories, take the same characters and write about them in a contemporary, realistic story.
- Underdog story. I love underdog stories. Create the under-est dog story you can think of, stacking the odds against your MC as high as you can.
- Ridiculous quest. Create a quest with a ridiculous objective and then see how many absurd obstacles you can place in the characters’ path.
Fun Ideas for Plots within Your WIP
These ideas are to inspire you when you are working on a story that you can’t take a break from but would still like to have some fun while working on it.
- Your MC loses something critically important.
- The least likely character helps your MC somehow.
- Your main character’s (MC) closest friend betrays him or her (I know that’s not fun for your MC, but betrayal is a powerful plot twist and can be fun for the writer)
- Make your MC more vulnerable.
- Your MC sees another character in a new light.
- A hidden piece of family history is revealed. I’ve had fun with this one because my mysteries are built around my MC’s immediate and extended family.
- Turn a plot point upside down. For example, my amateur sleuth gets a critical clue from cranky Old Man Whitaker. What if I have him lie to her? Or she gets the clue from her friend instead. What if her friend lies to her? Another example is your MC’s goal in the story. What if he or she achieves it in the middle of the story and it doesn’t accomplish what the MC thought it would?
