• Ways to break story structure in your novel
• Zip two disparate stories into one tale
• Utilize episodic fiction plot structure
• Employ The Journey for a mythic plot
• Three-act structure offers alternate story plot
• Diary form as structural option
• Vary story structure with ‘fate plot’
• Frame story useful in limited situations
• Use parallel plot structure in novel
• Send your protagonist on an initiation
• BONUS: “Expansion. That is the idea the novelist must cling to.” – E.M. Forster
10 Tips on Alternate Ways to Plot Your Story
