Heya. I'm bouncing back to Miz after a period of illness because this place is too great to give up for long. Unfortunately my computer sucks and it's hard to get it to work right for long, but I'm going to try and be active! With exclamation marks!
Anyways, I'm trying to do 'better' this time around, and that means asking questions.
So everyone... er... how do YOU plot? Because I feel like I'm TERRIBLE at plotting, and I'd like to know what I'm missing.
Currently my plotting seems to be really short-term stuff, really rudimentary. Basically if someone asks to thread (or I ask someone), I look at their skills and plotnotes and character registry to try to determine what their PC's current interests/goals are, and then I compare that info to my own character and look for commonalities. So think like, 'oh you like teaching and want more XP' WELL 'Kyo needs someone to tell him how to do words right'. That sort of thing. If my partner wants to add anything, or has a better idea, or just some random thing comes up and adds to the thread, well that's great, too!
Generally the sort of stuff (plot) I come up with is really only good for one thread. Then it's up to what happens in the thread to see if another good idea sparks up, and how the relationship goes (to see if we should thread again). I'm not really into mapping relationships, as I don't know how Kyo will definitely respond to someone until he actually meets them.
Is this how everyone plots? I feel like no... since some plotters are REALLY good at drawing in other people and making their characters interesting. Should I be focusing on more long-term stuff? Or like... more grandiose? I'm trying not to be what I call a 'passive plotter' (that is, someone who depends on the other person to supply good ideas) but that's sort of hard when I'm such a terrible plotter to start out with... and then coupled with my PC's sort of passive personality/goals... it just seems like I could be doing something better!
Any discussion is appreciated!