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Exercise #835: Craft
Posted  1/3/20

Recently I watched a movie with my husband and it had eight plot lines (that I could identify). This made following the action a bit challenging.

A short story usually has only one plot line, right? How many are too many, and in what length of story?

For today’s exercise, you may share an essay on this point or show us two scenes which illustrate it: one with too many plot lines and one with the right amount.

Critiquers, along with a technical critique, you might also answer the following questions:
    * Did this help you as a writer? Why or why not?

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