Plot bunnies are writing ideas that you can’t get rid of. The only way to purge yourself of the ideas is to write them! This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Plot Bunnies”
Have we talked about plot bunnies on the show?
Plot bunnies?
So P-L-O-T, as in like the plot of a book, and then bunny, like bunny rabbit.
Is this like a MacGuffin?
Kind of.
A plot bunny is a writing idea that you have that you can’t get rid of.
It just will not leave your brain.
It constantly comes up.
And the only way to expel it is to write it.
Ooh, I like that.
You have to put it down on paper or put it down on the computer one way or the other and purge yourself of the plot bunny.
But as they say, the problem with all bunnies is that they breed.
I was going to say.
And plot bunnies make other plot bunnies.
They take over your life.
I learned that from the writing community.
And I know we’ve got a ton of writers who follow the show.
So plot bunny is probably something.
They’re all going, yes, I know the feeling.
It won’t let go.
It will not let go.
You have to purge yourself of it.
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