Plot means a lot of different things to different people. Some describe it as a sequence of events. Others say it’s what happens to the story’s characters. A few says it’s how the story’s events move through time. Plot is all of these things and more. In the links below, we’ll examine exactly what is plot in a way that helps you to write a story.
• What is a story? An autopsy of a tale
• Your story isn’t its plot or structure
• Narrative structure: One step ahead or two back?
• Which is best: Character- or plot-driven stories?
• What is a ‘cookie cutter’ story?
• Think of plot as set-up, build-up, pay-off
• Start your story in middle to increase suspense
• Don’t end novel with cliffhanger
• Utilize both internal and external conflicts
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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of writers both new and published. I also offer a variety of self-publishing services. During the past 15 years, I’ve helped more than 400 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the Storytelling 101 writing guidebooks, four nonfiction hiking guidebook series, and the literary novel Windmill. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.
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