Here we are focused on every step of a writer's journey, from the plot outline to the published novel; including how to use a plot outline, how to craft a story arc, researching literary agents, tips on sensitivity readers, query letter success, an...
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"Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?" Macbeth by William Shakespeare
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The Plot is a sequence of events that make up a story and how they relate to each other. Believe it or not, the plot differs from the story in one key way; a story is a narrative of events arranged in their time-sequence, while a plot highlights a specific and purposeful cause-and-effect relationship between the sequence of events. For example:The king died and then the queen died, is a story. The king died and then the queen died of grief, is a plot.
To successfully convey a story's plot, you need to structure it into parts. This process will ultimately give you the story arc (or the narrative arc). In order to find that arc, it is helpful to create an outline. Check out The Story Arc chapter in this guide for details about story arc.
There are two main types of writers: the plotters and the pantsers. The plotters outline their story before writing it, and the pantsers start writing and let the story unfold organically (they fly by the seat of their pants). There are pros and cons to each. And some like to find a middle ground; the plantsers. Have you decided where your writing style falls?
Stay with us and hopefully we can help you find your happy writing place.
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