Category: Plot

So, hey, it's November! You know what that means? Moustaches everywhere, Christmas decorations everywhere, and NaNoWriMo everywhere! Or is that just my life? For those unaware, National Novel Writing Month is an ambitious internet movement aiming to encourage people to write a novel in the month of November. In this post I'll try to explain the Snowflake Method for plotting out a novel. If you're more into riding the thrill of the plot instead of planning it out, bear with me, I promise I'll do some posts about that as well! (more…)...

I feel like this is the 'Chicken or the egg?' of writing. Everyone has their own approach, but the basis of this dichotomy is that you either plan out your stories (you plot them) or you go with the flow and write by the seat of your pants. Let me first say: your mileage may vary; there is no right or wrong approach. There is only the approach that works and I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. *Please note the below discusses various levels of plot outlining (or lack thereof). Whether a story is plot- or character-driven will be the topic of a different discussion. (more…)...