How to Outline Your Novel with the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet
Want to write a story that works? Learn how to plot your novel using the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet in this post! (Free worksheet included!) #writingtips
How to Plot and Outline Without Using a Formula
Writers need help building something beautiful, solid, and original—and that takes a method. The method I suggest has three concepts: Scene, Series, Theme.
How I Wrote My Novel Using Index Cards
As a writer, I began as a ‘pantser’. If the term isn’t familiar, its simply (and somewhat hilariously) refers to someone who writes by the seat of her pants. That’s how I do life, that’s how I started writing flash fiction and short stories, and I imagined that’s how I would write a novel. ...
4 Steps for Organizing Plot Ideas Into a Novel
I recently finished brainstorming for a new book. I had lists of ideas, pages full of "what ifs," and be...
Story Shapes: Four Ways To Think About Narrative Architecture
Story has shape. We’re often told it has a two-dimensional shape — a common rise (gentle or swift) of a hill, or a scalene triangle. But I call shenanigans on that. I say utter donkeytr…
How To Use Trello To Write A Book (Or To Survive As An Author)
Take it from the wisdom of this byte-sized guide and start here for your book-writing journey with a Trello template for authors.
How to Use a Plot Planner
A plot planner enables you to keep the larger picture of your story in full view as you concentrate on writing individual scenes.
A brief tour of Trello for writers
Author Simon K Jones demonstrates how he uses Trello with his writing projects.
Example of a beat sheet
An example of a beat sheet used to outline a screenplay.
How I plan a novel, six books in
By popular demand, here is a thread on how I plan a novel, six books in.— Gillian McAllister (@GillianMAuthor) August 15, 2019
How to warm up for writing a novel
You wouldn’t start deadlifting or running a 10k or play football. You’d warm up first. You’d stretch. Do the same with your novel. Don’t start it just yet.
The Five Best Tools for Outlining Your Next Novel — The Pen Addict
How I Use Airtable to Plot Fiction - The Writing Cooperative
Hi. I’m Brandon, and I’m an app addict. (“Hi, Brandon.”)
The Writing Game: Prep Work
There are lots of ways to write books. There are lots of ways to run games. I listen to a lot of actual play podcasts, well three, but it’s a lot of hours: Critical Role, The Adventure Zone, and Friends at the Table. All three of them provide such radically different models of how to run a game. To be clear, I enjoy all three of these shows very much and I think they’re all varying degrees of brilliant in different ways. That said, I’m going all in so, if you’re a huge critter or love those good good boys or just believe in interaction between good friends, then remember this is gentle crit...
How To Outline During National Plot Your Novel Month
(Disclaimer: NAPLO YONOMO is the protagonist of STAR WARS AFTERMATH TWO: EWOK SNUGGLEBOO. He’s a fancy gentleman Gonk Droid with a debilitating spice addiction!) Next month is National Novel …