The disclaimer here is that this method is often better used to analyze what you’ve written rather than to plot a novel from scratch…but if you’re desperate for a little structure to help your plot gel, then this is a great method. ![]() The latest Writing Excuses episode that references this plotting method here.ĭan Wells, another Writing Excuses podcaster, gave a great presentation on this popular structure. Sometimes failures take them exactly where they’re supposed to be). ![]() Characters aren’t always supposed to succeed. What steps will it take to get to that spectacular ending? With those milestones in place, you can then write scene to scene with the idea that your characters just need to be moving (not always forward, either. Having listened to more of Brandon’s advice about writing than your average human being, I have also gathered that he thinks of the most spectacular ending he can and then plots backwards. It’s an interesting idea, but a little vague, you know? But when I’m reading a book I understand what he’s talking about. In both he’s spoken about his primary method of plotting he plots using a sense of progression. Podcast host Brandon Sanderson also teaches a college writing class that I’ve taken. (1) Brandon Sanderson’s sense of progression. With that complaint about myself sufficiently logged, I want to share the best plotting methods I’ve found plus one I’ve come up with myself. I focus so much on someone else’s method as a means to avoid the hard work and copious amount of time it takes to figure out your own writing method. Writing advice just doesn’t really work for me. Not that writing advice is bad, but you know the saying “your mileage may vary”? Yes. ![]() I’ve been around the writing advice block a few dozen times. Complicating matters is the plethora of plotting methods floating around in my brain. I can write a descriptive paragraph in my sleep. Characters spring out of my brain like multiple personalities come to life. Not that I can speak for my co-bloggers, but plotting is the single hardest thing about writing. Our blog is called The Plotless for a reason.
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