𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟎𝟕.
𝐒𝐊𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐍: Plot structure.
I tend to write down all of my ideas (and possible ideas because they can help me for this or another wip) in different notebooks. I have like 10 of them filled with many ideas that I'm developing or plan to develop.
I also plot my books in 3 acts, it's easier for me to do it that way. I tried to use the one with 4 acts, but it's not my style actually.
The first thing I do after writing down my ideas is start to develop the ones that I think are the most important for my book. I start to picture more characters than my MC, villains, rivals, antagonists, etc. The settings, worldbuilding, powers, etc.
Then I start to write down some ideas for scenes. I tend to re read my old writing (kind of cringe when I do it, lmao) to get inspiration and to develop some scenes that I liked in the past.
My characters are my everything, so developing them (their desires, ambitions, wishes, and most important, pasts) is a big thing to me. I take my time trying to give them backgrounds, plan their families, their goals and their endings (if they die or not, lol), their traumas, their powers according to their personalities, and their personalities. Also my plot is important, so I write it and start to do some research that will help me to understand certains thing that I'm instered in).
I write down scenes, plot twists, scenes, premises of the book and every chapter, how to introduce some characters and incidents that help the plot.
Once I have everything planned, I start to write. I like to plan things first, so I can make a draft and see if some things are good where I placed them or if I can change them. Sometimes, I get random ideas out of the blue, and I write them down so I don't forget them and develop them before adding them to my book.