#plot is my enemy

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plotting is done!

now to see what my instructor and classmates think

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omg i think i actually finally (いよいよ) plotted out Burn the World! 

all major plot points are mapped out, i know now what happens in the middle and end, and any other small scenes or additions will be just that: small

school is the best thing to happen to my career so far ngl

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have plotting to do but the urge to procrastinate is strong. maybe just one music video...

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alright, time for more hardcore plotting!

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plotting update:

i've finished most of 'act one.' i'm using blake snyder's beat sheet to plot out the character arcs, for junah, rye, the fox, and nih'o. tho how much of an arc each gets varies quite a bit of course

just need to iron out two of rye's beats for his character arc in the first act before it's set. then i'll start writing again

idk, it's going pretty well. looks like maybe a total of 9 more scenes before we transition into the middle of the story. not positive about that, a couple of beats may end up combined. while i'm wanting to plot out the story, i also don't want to get too set in stone about how it'll play out. want to stay flexible since that's how my creativity stays alive in part

anyway, yep it's going

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sd-13 answered your question:gotta important question about Being

Neither. They both feel like separate stories that happen to clash into something bigger. Junah is darker than Rye, but both have potential.

ah see, that's actually what i was going for when i first started writing. not intentionally, but that's just who the characters were and what the story was. i think maybe i'm letting myself get confused by plot books and stuff that say you should focus a story on one hero when plotting. like, it makes sense from an organizational point of view but it doesn't quite work for me. not with this story. 

anway, thanks for the response! i'm trying hard to get this story plotted out. i've tried it the wild-and-free way and i always end up stalled because i don't know the next steps. now i'm going to line out those (flexible) steps. and i think i'll just plot out the character arcs in as if they are two stories that happen to crossover often and led toward a combined ending. 

wish me luck!

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apparently I'm rather idiotic

totally thought I'd written the full beginning of Being, that it is seven chapters/scenes long (with the seventh slotted for posting in March)

yet, I knew that it didn't feel quite right, there wasn't enough of a push forward, no commitment on the characters' end had really happened

still, honestly thought I was moving into the middle

finally sunk in this morning that no, no I really haven't moved into the middle because the beginning is barely halfway done

and I was going to cheat you guys out of plot

I AM SO SORRY

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Character Emotional Development Transformation Sheets (Plotting)

for rini

and whomever else is interested

I actually haven't bothered writing directly on the sheets, but instead, I've transferred the format into bulleted word docs. They've done well that way too. 

The second sheet set, the Profile, is pretty straightforward and is applicable for all character types, so I didn't include the example sheets. However, if you want, I can upload scans of those too. 

ETA: These are all out of the book: The Plot Whisperer Workbook by Martha Alderson