Channel: Ellen Brock

Category: Howto & Style

Tags: editorhow tofictionideabookplottingsynopsiscreativeeditingexampleoutliningplanningoutlineplotwritingwriterdemonstrationellen brocknovelbrainstormingstory

Description: Today I'm going to walk you through my process for quickly plotting a novel. I have a few other videos about plotting, but in this video I wanted to explain how to reason your way to a plot outline based on what you already know about your idea. SHOW NOTES Steps for Plotting a Novel: • Summarize your basic idea for the novel and list out the information you already know you want to include in the plot. • Ask questions about what you don't know, especially questions that focus on why each element would be relevant to the plot and characters. • Create a synopsis (a summary of the plot) that answers the questions you've posed. • Make a list of all the scenes you know should be included in the plot based on your synopsis. • Go back into your outline to add scenes and flesh things out (over and over) until you have a full story.  Website: ellenbrockediting.com Twitter: twitter.com/EllenMBrock Tip Jar: paypal.me/EllenBrock