Is this some elaborate joke, ending w the philosophical discussions from Anathem? https://twitter.com/BrowningMachine/status/854332908181630976 …
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2/ Srs, tho, yes, all stories are DAGs. ("you like DAGs?" "DAGs?" "Yeah, you know, DAGs!")
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3/ Most stories are very very linear. One thread, chapters in order. Some, tho, are more complicated. You've all seen Lost on TV?
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4/ So flashbacks & flash forwards aside, there are often 2 or 3 geographically separated plots going on simultaneously, touching now & then
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5/ And that IS an example of a fairly complicated DAG. plotline A goes a1->a2->3 B goes: b1 -> b2 -> 3
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6/ And I had something very similar in my novels. 5+ primary threads / locations * hikers on Farside * CEOs on Nearside * kids on Nearside
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7/ * politicians on Earth * Mil on mil bases, ships * navigators on free ships and certain events are coordinated across threads
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8/ Nuke goes off ANYWHERE? Everyone knows about it. Bad guys seize good guy ship? Everyone influenced. This got very very tricky.
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9/ When I started revising / weaving in new plot threads / moving stuff around to make sure that action and pace grew at correct speed.
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10/ ...and this is one of the reasons that it took 5 drafts, not 3 or 4. You discover implied causation in certain areas ...
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11/ ...and it runs backwards, or sideways. So then you can either remove it, or reorder the chapters (again), or move that one bit later...
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