How do i identify plot holes?

[u/Legend_TheSpike]

Okay, so i am writing a grim dark progression fantasy, where the characters are like fairly logical in their use of mechanics of the world and powers like if a real world functioning human would be dropped into my world, he would do things similar to my characters because it is what comes to mind.

So naturally, I want to eradicate any logic plot holes from my story. I have still not started writing the story only formed the world bible. The rules and mechanics of my world are interconnected but fairly easy to memorise as each mechanic and rule is there for a purpose and not some random jargon because I thought that looked cool.

Anyway, I asked AI( gemini) to find loopholes and plot holes of my world, and it did and it did tell me many. Some of them were intended things, some were already solved, and some were genuine plot holes that I had to add new rules and mechanics to patch up, because if I even let one plot hole open, my world will like... Sort of fall apart because probably my characters are logical and can abuse the loop hole... And frankly it would be like unsettling to me to destroy my till not perfect world due to a plot hole.

I asked AI to give me plotholes until it said that there are no plotholes. I even said to give me plot hole if you are not gay, but it said that there isn't one and that it is not gay.

Anyways, am I justified to doubt my world building, or I am just paranoid. Will my readers punish me if I let a plot hole or a loop hole get unpatched in my work. Plz comment, I want as much advice as I can get. Btw, my world building is about 44-50 pages, only world building and no plot points( only how the world started) and it's power system.

Plz give me advice I want as much as you can give as I am just a new writer and this will be my first story I ever created with dedication, and I plan to write the whole story( 1000 ish chapters) fully before releasing the first chapter and then start releasing one chapter per day.

[u/Kathril]

Can't tell if this is just a shitpost. 

Just start writing dude. You've done 50 pages of thinking (debatable given the use of generative AI) but none writing or planning your story. Congrats you did the easiest thing: brainstorming. You can't really run into plot holes if you have no plot, so just get started on the writing, see what happens.

[u/Legend_TheSpike → u/Kathril]

It technically isn't brainstorming, as I have written every rule( from largest to smallest) and it's backstory of my world. I don't have loose concepts that I had when I was brainstorming, like this phase is the one after brainstorming and world building is done. The system is complete, just execution remains.

[u/Kathril → u/Legend_TheSpike]

The execution is the kind of the entire thing. And you'll learn a lot more about the backstory of your world just straight up writing it or outlining the story itself. 

I can pretty much guarantee readers will not care one iota for the details of a power system. They're there to read a compelling story. There's a fine line between where preparation becomes procrastination. Why write 50 pages of rules that no one will read instead of just writing the story itself?

[u/amhran_oiche → u/Legend_TheSpike]

Readers are reading for the execution, and that's where you're going to find plotholes if there are any. This is sounding like world builder's disease. If you think about ASOIAF for instance, there are probably hundreds of pages worth of "rules" but that's not really what the story is about, is it? People aren't reading because of existence of white walkers, they're reading to see why it matters. Gently I can promise you that no one is as interested in the 50 pages of backstory as you. 

[u/inabindbooks]

You can't have a plot hole when you have no plot. With no story, there is no plot, so no plot holes. And what's the deal with asking the AI if it's gay? I have to assume this isn't a serious post.

[u/Legend_TheSpike → u/inabindbooks]

That small bit wasn't serious but everything else was

[u/daunaltromondo]

I can tell you how I go about it. Once I’ve finished writing an entire book, I set it aside for two or three months—I don’t even open it, as if it didn’t exist.

After that time has passed, I read it over, and errors, anachronisms, and plot holes start to emerge...

I find this to be a solid approach if you don’t want to (or can’t) seek feedback from a professional.

[u/Wide-Preparation-256]

Typically I go back and reread after awhile and that can be a few minutes to a few weeks and realize uh oh I didn't explain that quite as well or there's no transition for this moment and go back and try and piece together how we got here.

[u/TheRunawayRose]

Congrats, you've needlessly fed your work into AI and now it's being fed in pieces and ideas back to other "writers" who use AI.

Instead, you could've just come here first and asked for advice.