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???
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???
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