Comments on: How to Add Meaningful Subplots to Your Novel https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Writing: Subplots—Where to Find Them – Amanda Down the Rabbit Hole https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/#comment-683580 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:32:08 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=30109#comment-683580 […] C.S. Lakin, “How to Add Meaningful Subplots to Your Novel,” https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/ […]

]]> By: Johnny https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/#comment-652656 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:04:24 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=30109#comment-652656 ]]> Thank you very much for your post!
I must say it has helped me clear up many doubts that I had in regards to the novel I’m planning to write, where the focus shifts away from the protagonist for while towards her sister, showcasing the adventures that she’s living while her sister is in another town
Thanks again😆

]]> By: Ten Things on a Tuesday | anovelhome.com https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/#comment-622094 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:39:05 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=30109#comment-622094 […] 4. I’m in that stage where I have to read my chapters over and over again to make sure they’re complete. That all the scenes progress the plot, that the dialogue is fresh, and the subplots are meaningful. Writers helping writers, a website for writers, has a great article about making sure your subplots are working for your story. The article delves into how subplots can be used to inject some real life into our stories and touches on using subplots to complicate your protagonist life and further plot. Check it out here. […]

]]> By: Writing Links 7/10/17 – Where Genres Collide https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/#comment-553694 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:04:39 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=30109#comment-553694 […] https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/ Subplots have to have a purpose. […]

]]> By: C. S. Lakin https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/#comment-553425 Fri, 07 Jul 2017 00:30:12 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=30109#comment-553425 In reply to Kessie.

Thanks. A subplot is a side story. And while it may tie in with the primary plot, it really doesn’t do anything to advance that plot. I wouldn’t say that the Elastigirl element is a subplot. but the wife in True Lies dating the creepy fake spy guy is a subplot because it is developed into numerous scenes that are taking place “on the side” while the hero is trying to deal with a case.

]]> By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/#comment-553385 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:01:49 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=30109#comment-553385 Thank you so much for posting, Susanne. The best stories are the multi-layered ones, but subplots can be hard to weave seamlessly into the storyline. Good stuff here.

]]> By: :Donna https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/#comment-553305 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 02:46:13 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=30109#comment-553305 Great stuff, Susanne 🙂 Thanks!

]]> By: Traci Kenworth https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/#comment-553291 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 01:23:01 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=30109#comment-553291 Great post!

]]> By: Kessie https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/#comment-553273 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 17:17:13 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=30109#comment-553273 Good thoughts about subplots! I tend to get subplots mixed with parallel plots, for example, Finding Nemo. Marlin’s adventures to find Nemo are the main plot, but Nemo’s adventures in the fish tank are a parallel plot. Kind of like a subplot with muscle. I guess a subplot would be, in the Incredibles, how Elastigirl thinks Bob is cheating on her. Great emotions there, definitely keeps us watching.

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