Narrative style/Plot development

[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> Right.
> 
> REST - 1 post (which doesn't define what REST is an acronym of).
> 
> UNNECESSARY - 2 posts
> 
> GARBAGESCOW - 11 posts
> 
> TOUCHE - 3 posts
> 
> 1.3.3 (which transmogrified into 1.2.7 half way through) Plot 
> development.
> 
> At start 591;  now  426.
> 
> Moderately brutal with this lot; "X will die" was not considered 
> suitable for inclusion. But  "X will die because..." or "X will die 
and the repercussions will be..." stood a pretty good chance of 
getting in.
> 
> The category has fuzzy edges - it gets so it's indistinguishable 
from Foreshadowing and clues, Authorial intent, Classic themes, 
Predictions and the two Agenda categories. It's sometimes a matter of 
judgement which one suits the post best, especially if the relevant 
bit is less than a paragraph. To get included in more than one of 
these categories there needed to be some meat on the bone.
> 

Barry, marginally confused -
Did you include POV narration (formerly 1.4.2 now 1.2.6.5) and Humour 
(formerly 1.3.6 now 1.2.6.6) in this latest sort out ? These two are 
in 1.2.6 Narrative Style with REST, UNNECESSARY, GARBAGE SCOW & 
TOUCHE.

Also, when you say Plot development, did you mean entire group, 1.2.7 
through to 1.2.7.6? Maybe not from the numbers of posts mentioned..

Finally, if you had to define what should go in Plot Development and 
what shouldn't, what are the guidelines?