INTRIGUE PLOTS - Terrible Writing Advice

Published 2018-01-06
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I see you clicked on the show more button in the description. Excellent. Just as I planned. Intrigue plots need a few things to work. No, not a perfect synergy of mystery, tension, great characterization and exciting action. All intrigue needs is a bunch of hooded dudes spouting cryptic nonsense at a screen showing the protagonists as they struggle in vain to figure out what is going on. What is really going on? What is the truth? The audience doesn’t know, but the greatest truth is neither does the author.

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All Comments (21)
  • @wafsinc
    You forgot the most important thing: the villain MUST get him self captured on purpose. Without that your evil plan is basically shit.
  • @NinjaDino
    Is a character stuck in a love triangle with other characters? Murder.
  • You forgot that you can distract the rookie cop by sending a seductress to force him into a love triangle that will in no way lead to the seductress turning against your secret organization and helping the hero take down the cabal from the inside.
  • @horricule451
    I would totally read a book where all of these things go wrong, everybody yells at the villain for being stupid, and the hero absolutely destroys him, but he keeps on saying "everything is going according to plan" as comic relief.
  • @Gnarlyboi
    'just have them say 'everything is according to plan' all the time.' Who knew the British Government was a badly written intrigue story.
  • @SmartAlec1
    My god I hate the trope of badguys killing people even though it shoots themselves in the foot and is counter productive.
  • @AegixDrakan
    Now this makes me want to write an intrigue plot about the conspiracy unraveling because of the budget breaking their bank. XD
  • @seanmurphy3430
    "I'm sorry sir, but the heroes once again thwarted our plans." "So they have - which is ALL ACCORDING TO THE PLAN!!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
  • @lilredcutie0
    Ugh... I hate this cliche. It makes absolutely no sense. It's like, "Sir! The hero killed everybody at our base and destroyed our biological weapons! We're rendered powerless now!" Bad guy: "Muahahaha! It's all going according to plan! They fell right into our trap!" Why the hell would you hinge your plan on your enemy blowing half of your assets and manpower up? That's just plain stupid. Nobody would ever do that. It's not like you needed those or anything, even if you do have a giant deathray-shooting robot. Furthermore, if you had such firepower, why would you sit there fucking around while your enemy blew your stuff up, and then only use your ultimate weapon because of an enemy attack? I find myself literally getting angry at the writers of a movie when they use this cliche.
  • Lord Snakefangdeathguy: "Yesss, everything is going according to plan..." Lackey: "But we lost half our men!" Lord Snakefangdeathguy: "Yessss. All meant in the grand design of my perfect scheme..." Lackey: "...And our forward base along with most of our supplies." Lord Snakefangdeathguy: "As it was all meant to beeee..." Lackey: "...And Elite McBadguy was torn in half by..." Lord Snakefangdeathguy: * stifling angry sobs * ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN! Both of them exchange awkward looks. Lackey: "...All according to plan sir." Lord Snakefangdeathguy: That's right! * sniff * I'm very good at this!
  • Organization and careful planning LETS JUST ADD AN OUTRAGEOUS PLOT TWIST! 10/10 IGN
  • @mackerelphones
    So this is the origin of the antihero character. He was a loose cannon cop who learned about the evil conspiracy. I see. By the end of this series, the terrible writing will have created a complete story, beginning with this conspiracy and progressing to a dystopia, post-apocalyptic wasteland, and eventually a fantasy world.
  • @pyrosauria7444
    Ha! You've fallen into my trap of making this video. You were expecting an elaborate plan that would make no sense at all, But it was me! Dio!
  • @00Boogie
    Now I wanna see a story where the evil conspiracy fell apart cause one guy was padding the budget to blow on sex tourism and candy.
  • @bonebard6178
    man i really want to see a crossover with this and overly sarcastic productions