Here’s the question is it better to have a secondary plot or sub-plots? Here’s another question, which as a reader, and then as a writer do you prefer?
I think you have to have both.
Subplot = A subordinate plot in fiction or drama. In our terms (A relating plot) Basically a hidden plot that some readers miss and writers don’t know they have written, which helps bring the romance to the surface. Also known as twist and turns through out the romance.
A secondary plot is second story happening in the process of the romance. Such as a Mystery Romance, solving the murders.
As a reader I prefer and expect both. As a writer I love the secondary plot and fear the subplot. Not only do you have to worry about coming up with ways for the romance to move foreword and the secondary plot to come to an end but you have to add this hidden tale of the romance. Man what a pain in the ole writers wrist.
What makes a good secondary plot? And what makes a good sub-plot?
Can you give an example? And tell us how you would use those tools to your benefit?
A good Secondary plot has to be strong enough to hold up to the tension of the...