Should I break my story to sub-plots to be read separately?

There are several reasons why I'm considering this:

- The main characters of the three subplots are different, but as old friends, they do know, respect, and help each other. They only really meet very rarely, however. Some of what they do affect each other, but at a very minimal rate.

-These three sub-plots do not exactly cater to the same people. (One contains action, one contains moral rhetoric and character development, while the last is more or less subtle world building)

-While I do use Freudian Trio (yes original I know), I only want to make it subtle. Maybe mix things up a bit to get people working out on which is which.

That being said, do you have any moral rhetorics you might want to share? Thank you.

edit1: grammar. urgh

edited 9th Nov '16 9:06:15 AM by legonut031

I can see two different questions in the title, and I'm not sure which you meant, so I'll answer them both. But first, try to explain the main story in 1 sentence (like "Bob begins trusting his friends" or "Susan saves the world"). That will affect the answers to the following questions:

Should I break up my story into separate stories?

If you can't explain a main story in 1 sentence, odds are you have multiple stories and it's probably worth telling them separately.

Should I remove the subplots from my story and tell them separately?

If you can explain the overall story in 1 sentence and the subplots don't contribute towards that one sentence, I say tell them separately. If the subplots do contribute, then they're essential to understanding the main plot and are worth including (though maybe in pieces instead of in whole).

As far as moral rhetorics, my favorite type is actually using stories to demonstrate ideas: for example, if I believe that forgiveness brings healing, I'll show a character forgiving and how that impacts them. As long as my morality isn't off-the-wall, I should be able to accurately show how people work and "prove" the moral through my story- although sometimes I've wanted to "prove" have a moral that wasn't really accurate in the situation and had to tell the truth instead of the point I wanted to (when it has come up that desire has been due to triggers, misunderstanding about how people work, and/or personal flaws).