on Writers in the Storm:

Subplots can add depth and resonance to a story, but sometimes, they just knock the whole novel off track.

I’m currently revising two novels.

My agent asked me to cut out a fairly large subplot from each of them, which changes a lot of little things in the novel, as well as some major things.

Her advice was absolutely spot on, so I don’t begrudge the work, but seeing as I did this twice in a row, it’s made me reevaluate how I’ll plan my own subplots going forward. (And made me go back and read all the posts I’d written on subplots, ’cause clearly, I forgot my own advice…

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