I have orginized one of my characters throughall line into the overall plot, character plot, 2 impact character plots, and two sub plots. There are a total of four acts, inciting, complication, conflict, resolution. and for each of those are my scenes which follow the same breakdown for each event.
I read that the overall plot is the plot that effects everything in the world, it is fare reaching. I am having issues with this because the two characters don't meet until much later and are geographically removed from one another. The extent is great enough that what happens in one area is unknown in the other. So my question is to what extent must the overall plot link these two characters together. Does it have to be an in your face world invasion, or can it be subtle encounters with the enemy? My intention was to have this be a build up for what is to come, a change in the winds so to say.
My second question deals with inciting, complication, conflict, and resolution. I know the inciting event is what gets the story started, but what about in regards to a scene? Does the inciting event delineate the goal or task that must be overcome in the process of achieving the story goal? Or does it simply set the stage for the complication, conflict, and resolution?
I read that the overall plot is the plot that effects everything in the world, it is fare reaching. I am having issues with this because the two characters don't meet until much later and are geographically removed from one another. The extent is great enough that what happens in one area is unknown in the other. So my question is to what extent must the overall plot link these two characters together. Does it have to be an in your face world invasion, or can it be subtle encounters with the enemy? My intention was to have this be a build up for what is to come, a change in the winds so to say.
My second question deals with inciting, complication, conflict, and resolution. I know the inciting event is what gets the story started, but what about in regards to a scene? Does the inciting event delineate the goal or task that must be overcome in the process of achieving the story goal? Or does it simply set the stage for the complication, conflict, and resolution?