how to plot a book

Plotting: The Ordinary World, Should Your Story Include it?

Mar 4, 2018 | Writing Craft, Plotting | 0 Comments

If you are familiar with most of the common plot structures for fiction, both for novelists and screenwriters, you have heard the term Ordinary World. Even if you aren't familiar with these plotting structures, the term kind of gives it away. The Ordinary World is the...

Plot a Book with a Clothesline

Jun 27, 2011 | Plotting | 10 Comments

So you want to plot a book... Not every writer is a plotter; I realize that, but I'm also a strong believer that your writing will be more efficient if you have at least some idea where your story is going. So, if the idea of writing out a hundred scene cards or even...