Plot Points is Returning

And it's bringing a notebook with it

A year or so ago, I quietly set aside a feature here on An Enchanted Life called Plot Points.

It was one of my favourite things to write—little collections of what I’d been reading, watching, and thinking about. The ideas that caught, the threads that lingered, the moments that made me pause and look twice.

But it never quite found its footing. Or at least…not in ways I could easily see. And yet I’ve found myself missing it.

Missing the act of gathering fragments. Missing the habit of noticing.
Missing the quiet practice of asking: why does this matter?

So I’m bringing it back. But not exactly as it was.

Plot Points is returning as:

Plot Points: Field Notes from a Fantasy Mind

This time, it won’t just be a collection of interesting things. It will be a window into how I think about fantasy.

What I’m studying. What I’m questioning. What I’m beginning to understand about, myth and memory, culture and inheritance, ritual, land, belonging, and the hidden systems that shape the worlds we love.

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If you’ve been following along with my work on Anthropology in Worldbuilding essays, you’ll recognize some of those threads. Because this is where many of those ideas begin. Not as polished essays. But as sparks. As notes in the margins.

Each edition of Plot Points will be a little like sitting at my desk with me while I sort through what I’ve encountered over the past couple of weeks.

A book passage, or a myth.
A detail in a story, or a question I can’t quite let go of.

And then…why it stayed with me, what it might mean, and how it might shape the worlds we build.

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I know many of you read quietly.

You don’t always comment or click the heart. But you’re here. And you’re thinking alongside me.

This space is for you, too.

Plot Points: Field Notes from a Fantasy Mind returns next week.

I’m very glad to be opening this notebook again.

Carolyn ✨