#story plotting help

[ruses-writing-realm]

For all my visual people who can’t just write out a storyline here’s what I’m doing!

I just pulled up procreate and made little squares and started writing out the points in my terrible scribbled speed writing. I am not a person who can just keep on typing out my ideas in notes or google docs without getting stumped in just a few minutes. So for the rest of my people who need some little tip or help try ut out! Might work better if you use like cards in real life I just don’t have them so you can do that too! Line them all up and watch your storyline sprawl outside, see it’s big points and it’s slumps, it’s passive areas leading up to the climax.

[jay-eddy]

Something For Writers to Keep In Mind: THINGS CHANGE AS YOU WRITE

Sometimes your story doesn’t want to heed to your plan, sometimes you get half way into your story and you feel it going somewhere else. Let it! Let your story guide you where it needs to go. Because if you force it back into the plot you’ve planned, you risk making it harder for you to write and that takes away the richness of your story.

Sometimes your characters end up doing a full 180 degrees on their characteristics. That’s okay! Your villains can find redemption. Your heroes can fall from grace. Your characters can lose their optimism, they can become corrupted and immoral, or they find hope. You characters can change, they can develop and grow!

Sometimes things change, sometimes your story evolves as you write. That’s okay. Don’t let it stress you out.