Plot, it's what's for dinner - {W}rite of Passage

Plot.

"The plot thickens."

"Plot? What plot?"

"A plot of ground where my forebears lie in peaceful rest."

A simple word, "plot." A simple, four letter word that should evoke an easy response and yet I struggle. As a recreational writer I adore plotting disasters for my characters. Angst? Oh my yes, in fact the more angst the better as far as I'm concerned. However, when it comes to real life I would just as soon the plot of my days and weeks be boring and non-eventful. It isn't that I don't like a little excitement from time to time, quite the opposite.

I simply like my excitement to be well-planned and not emergency or catastrophic in nature.

Unfortunately, plots in my real life existence tend to be as angsty as those I put my characters through. Thankfully my fictional plots are extreme in nature and always resolve themselves. But living with a budding teenager and questionable plumbing, I don't see an easy resolution in sight.

Yet.

But there's always tomorrow.