>> I think it's mostly because I get started thinking about suitability of plot points, both in regards to position in story and in regards to each other. So, if you wanted to have an escalating arc of tension, controlling for that is nontrivial. <<
Okay, I see where you're coming from there.
For me, part of the fun to random generation is precisely that it makes freaky things which challenge me to devise a way in which they could work. Take your Plot Challenges sample. Some of the boxes obviously stacked well, like "Situation: Deliverance, Setting: Forbidden Zone, Complication: I Told You So." Others demand more creativity such as "Situation: Involuntary crimes of love, Setting: City of Canals, Complication: Pinned by a Boulder."
So I would be okay with a plotline that didn't make sense at first and needed to be justified in the story.
I think it would be helpful to have a row option (7 steps, 9 steps, whatever) that we could use with the prompt lists we have now -- especially for folks who are good enough to make stacked boxes and import them into the bingo generator. Then if you have ideas or time later to make a more refined plot generator, I'm sure authors would be thrilled to have the expanded option.
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Okay, I see where you're coming from there.
For me, part of the fun to random generation is precisely that it makes freaky things which challenge me to devise a way in which they could work. Take your Plot Challenges sample. Some of the boxes obviously stacked well, like "Situation: Deliverance, Setting: Forbidden Zone, Complication: I Told You So." Others demand more creativity such as "Situation: Involuntary crimes of love, Setting: City of Canals, Complication: Pinned by a Boulder."
So I would be okay with a plotline that didn't make sense at first and needed to be justified in the story.
I think it would be helpful to have a row option (7 steps, 9 steps, whatever) that we could use with the prompt lists we have now -- especially for folks who are good enough to make stacked boxes and import them into the bingo generator. Then if you have ideas or time later to make a more refined plot generator, I'm sure authors would be thrilled to have the expanded option.