Plotting & Outlining

Everyone has their own way of plotting and outlining.  Whatever works for you is how you should do it.

I like to use pen and paper.  I took 20 sheets of paper, Wrote Chapter 1, Chapter 2 etc on each page.  Each page is a chapter.  You can also use index cards they would be smaller and you could put them in your purse or notebook.

I then had some scenes that was a must to go into the book.  I wrote a short description of the scene where I thought it would go. 

I have my plot plot points.  Plot Points is where something HUGE happens and makes the character turn in a different direction or changes the course of their lives.

 Plot Point 1  Chapter 5

Plot Point 2 Chapter 10

Ploit Point 3 Chapter 15

Dark Moment  (When all seems lost)  Chapter 18 or 19

Resolution  Happy Ending or the Problem is solved

I write the plot points where they go.

Then I go back and start writing 1-2 sentence of each scene for the chapter.  I put 3 scenes per chapter. 

Today I plotted up to Chapter 10  that would be half of the book. 

Now I can write whatever scene I want to, cause I know where to put the scene at.  So If I don't feel like writing an emotional scene, I can write another scene.  No excuse for writer's block. 

This is what I did today.

What did you do today to advance getting that book written???