Why You Should Never Underestimate Your B-Story — It's Not What You Think

A-story is the sugar, B-story is the medicine

Nihan Kucukural
The Writing Cooperative
6 min readOct 23, 2021

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When I first began writing screenplays, I was confused about subplots. I didn't realize the parallel storylines had to be connected to the main plot. Duh!

But I wasn't alone! I had seen many TV series where seemingly unrelated storylines…

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Turkish copywriter and screenwriter based in New Zealand. I am addicted to stories. I write screenwriting/copywriting advice and occasional funny stuff.