Dealing with Plot Holes

Aw plot holes, the stuff of nightmares. I'm currently banging my head against the wall on this. The reason's simple, I tried explaining my story to people so they could understand. Of course, from the looks of all these questions I've been bombarded with, the th I g might have came off as confusing. The thing was talking was how hayley, our MC came in possession of a book called the Tome of Abber. She ends up getting possessed by the spirit living inside it, a half demon warrior named Ellaiza. She ends up losing her memories upon entering hayley's body. But the thing to ask is why is that anyone had managed to get possessed by her after all these years. I T Ired explain their was a poem to decipher in order for that to happen. Still didn't help my case. So I cave into pressure and had to use the dress chosen one trope to justify it.

At this rate, I promised to do a pitch bible to explain the entire series so people would understand it. Doo in times like these, how do you feel with plot holes in your lore and story?

If you were just giving a rough overview of your story and they didn't understand certain parts, I don't think you have to rewrite your story. But if you find that there are parts that don't make sense with everything you've developed up until this point, that's another issue. Does the story actually have plot holes, or were people just confused without hearing the whole story?

I'm a firm believer in fixing plot holes, so when I find one I go about trying to figure out how to fix it, or I remove the element entirely that introduces the plot hole. I figure that finding plot holes are a part of the process; the way I approach a story is that I figure out the ending, and then how to get there, and so as I develop I have TONS of plot holes I'm closing up to get the ending I want. So I don't feel very frustrated when I find plot holes; it's just another puzzle to solve, and that can be fun!

That said, depending on the story element, you might not have to worry about whether or not it's explained. Like if the element that confuses people isn't relevant to the main plot, I'd say don't worry about it (I actually posted a podcast episode about this today, if that helps you: http://podbay.fm/show/1234729250/e/1498500360 ).

Does that help, and did I understand your question correctly?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're essenitally asking for why nobody else got possessed by this book before the protagonist despite it being around for hundreds of years?

This may conflict with some pre-established lore or something... but who says Hayley has to be the first one to get possessed? If Ellaiza loses her memories, it's not like it's really affecting her character much; plus, it opens up the possibility of having a backstory that reflects the themes of the current one, and maybe making the villain seem more threatening- if the last guy failed, what chance does Hayley have?

If you don't want to add more backstory or anything, couldn't you just have Hayley be the first one to ever find the book? Hell, that's already a lot more interesting than her just being given the thing.

they're have been many and the original owner was Merlin himself.