Hi all, I hope you’re well! Today I’m going to talk about the ‘Percentage Plot Structure’ also known as the ‘Movie Plot Structure’. It is a nice, easy way of outlining and structuring your plot in three acts, making sure… Read More ›
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The 27 Chapter Outline
There are many different ways to outline a story from a simple bullet list of events to a more detailed description of each and every single scene. The 27 chapter outline seems to be a mixture. I came across this… Read More ›
Writing out of Order
Some people like to work in a lovely, clean, linear pattern and I class myself as one of those people. In general, I prefer things to be neat and orderly but even more so when I write. No matter what… Read More ›
Scenes and Sequels???
I had always thought that a scene was a scene; that you write what happens, who is involved and how they feel. Pretty standard stuff really. But then I read about sequels, and my mind went boom! For years I… Read More ›
The Hero’s Journey
The Hero’s journey is a widespread form of story structure derived from mythologist Joseph Campell’ s ‘Monomyth’ from his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which was originally published in 1949 There are twelve steps, and as you go… Read More ›
Creating an Outline with Index Cards
All you need to create your outline are 60 index cards, a pen or a marker of some sort and a large space in which to spread out the cards. This method utilises the Three Act Structure which is a useful structural… Read More ›
The Three Act Structure
I’ve written before about story structure and about how I structure my own stories, but I thought that I would talk a little bit about another useful (if a bit more complicated) way of structuring your story elements, the Three Act Structure…. Read More ›
