Story Ideas?

[Shay V-Cruz]

When I write stories, since I don't plan, I just add whatever the hell I want, and by the time I'm done the plot tends to have disappeared. So I'm going to choose a subject this time and stick to it.
Thus is the question: What type of plots do you like?
All the stories I write have comedy, and I try to make them as un-clichéd as possible.
Any help appreciated C:
DFTBA~

[Dave Tarragon, NerdFighting Herb]

Well, pick an event (say, boy meets girl), make the circumstances unusual (say, boy has strange past), and then just follow the characters. That's how I write, I let the characters do the plot for me.

I could also advise drawing a plan out of the story, start to finish. I've just done that with my current project, and it's helped enormously.

[Maura]

i'm working on really focusing on plot right now too, and it's difficult.  I usually start with a thought of something that should happen, and then i let the characters lead me and i write what i feel is appropriate. sometimes planning makes things boring.

[Neha Rahman]

I personally like the domino effect sort of plot in which one thing leads to another. And everything is interconnected and there's a big reveal at the end. This is the kind of plot I like to write.

However, plots I like to read differ very much. I never judge a book based upon its plot alone. I like to factor in the characters and the writing style to go with it. And that's the only way I judge a plot is if the other variables are justly so. Pacing is always a very important thing in a plot. You never want your book to be too slow, or too fast. And it's tricky getting the right balance. 

[Sophie]

I'd choose the plot that a group of related people(family, friends, whatever) who go out for a night. Before that night, they, or some persons in their environment, commited a crime. It is still a secret, and they should talk aout that ,but they don't. Eventually it becomes clear that there is more going on that the crime. Maybe they all have a different past, and they are not who they say they are. That's what I would do:)