Plot Doctoring

Plot Doctoring is a catch-all forum for plot-related questions regarding setting, characterization, plot holes, and ideas. Until 2010, it was also the primary home of adoptable threads. These threads were granted their own forum, Adoption Society on October 1, 2010.

Posts meant for the Plot Doctoring forum are occasionally misposted in the Reference Desk forum, meaning a moderator must move them to Plot Doctoring. Remember: questions about plots, characterization, titles, human nature, and names go to Plot Doctoring. Questions involving the little details of your story go to the Reference Desk.

In 2012 the Character Cafe and Appellation Station were added to relieve Plot Doctoring of all the posts regarding naming things and character development. As such, the Plot Doctoring description needed to be edited to reflect the questions that needed to be taken to these forums.

Tip: If your post is seeking a name for something, take it to the Appellation Station. If your question is about an aspect of your character, post it to the Character Cafe. If you have a question about the mechanics of writing, ask it Writing 101. If you need a fact, figure, or anecdote, the Reference Desk is your best bet. Plot Doctoring is for resolving plot problems and gathering plot ideas.

Forum Description

2003-2007: "Is your plot running out of steam? Are you unsure of how to tie everything together? Unload your thorny plot problems here, and let our team of literary technicians get your book back on the right foot."

2008-2011: "Is your plot running out of steam? Don't know what to name your main character's third uncle? Are you unsure of how to tie everything together? Unload your thorny plot problems here, and let our team of literary technicians get your book back on the right foot."

2012-present: "Is your plot running out of steam? Plot holes so deep you can drive a bus through them? Are you unsure of how to tie everything together? Unload your thorny plot problems here, and let our team of literary technicians get your book back on the right foot."

Moderators

Current Moderators

• Heather Dudley (2008-present)
• artofcheatery (2011-present)
• TommehBell (2012-present)

Former Moderators

• Cybele May (2004-2007)
• Evening Scribe (2007)
• Sarah Mackey (2006, 2008)
• Trilli (2009)
• s_m_clark2006 (2009-2010)
• MermaidSirena (2010)
• FireFallon (2011)
• Liz Lynch (2011)

External Links

• Plot Doctoring