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Kay Kenyon on Scenes That Kill Story
Aug. 14th, 2012 08:48 amKay Kenyon talks about plot as the spine and driving force of a story, told in scenes. Here's what went zing for me:
It is a false dichotomy to pit plot-driven stories against character-driven ones. Let’s just get rid of this non-starter right off the bat.
Plots are character in action. Characters are deepened, made real to us, by how they engage with the story problem in all its aspects, large and small. Plot and character are mirror images of each other, a feedback loop that empowers both aspects endlessly (or until you write “the end.”)
Scenes that kill story | Writing the World, the Official Website of Kay Kenyon
It is a false dichotomy to pit plot-driven stories against character-driven ones. Let’s just get rid of this non-starter right off the bat.
Plots are character in action. Characters are deepened, made real to us, by how they engage with the story problem in all its aspects, large and small. Plot and character are mirror images of each other, a feedback loop that empowers both aspects endlessly (or until you write “the end.”)
Scenes that kill story | Writing the World, the Official Website of Kay Kenyon
