Plotstormers: How To Plot A Novel
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Novel writing 34 steps in 6 sections
11: The colour and the shape
- Welcome to Plotstormers: How To Plot A Novel
- READ: Foundation garments for a shapely story
- WATCH: Authors on starting, planning, and thinking
- WRITE: The Ridiculously Reductive Four Point Plot Planner
- WRITE: Emotions, morals, and castles
- READ: Planning non-linear stories
- WRITE: The Slightly Less Reductive Seven Point Plot Planner
- DISCUSSION: And relax
22: Finally, the beginning
- READ: The Magical 16 Point Planner Of Your Dreams
- WRITE: Making people
- DISCUSS: Let us begin
- WRITE: Point 1
- WRITE: Points 2 & 3
- WRITE: Points 4 & 5
33: And now, the middle
- READ: Sculpt your middle for a firmer figure
- READ: Productive procrastination
- WRITE: The middle – part 1 of 3
- READ: Writing by layers
- WRITE: The middle – part 2 of 3
- WRITE: The middle – part 3 of 3
44: In a surprise twist, let's look at the end
- READ: Elements of a rising climax and exciting finish
- WRITE: The final points – part 1 of 3
- WATCH: Authors talk about tricky bits and moving on
- WRITE: The final points – part 2 of 3
- WRITE: The final points – part 3 of 3
- WRITE: One more quick go round
55: And then?
- READ: Smaller units
- WRITE: What’s the point and what can you see?
- WRITE: But then, so then
- WRITE: The midpoint
66: Getting ready to write
- WRITE: Let’s take it to the bridge
- WRITE: Another iteration
- READ: Nip tuck
- DISCUSS: Plotstorming