Basic story outline

Plot structure can mean the difference between 50,000 words worth of beautiful descriptions, action-packed scenes, and witty dialogue—and an actual story.

In part two of our One Year novel series, we tackle the beginning blocks of your story: the premise! Here's how you can construct a strong yet concise premise for your novel using JotterPad.

What are the seven basic story plots? Well, there are two story plot types and they are plot-driven story and character story driven. SO how does this work? plot driven vs character driven, plot driven story, plot driven books, character driven plot outline. Do you need to learn how to write a novel? Well, you are in luck. This image will help you with how to write a novel outline, how to write a novel step by step, how to write a novel in 30 days and so on.

If you're a writer, you know that creating well-rounded characters is essential for any successful story. But where do you start? Check out my article on how to create a detailed character outline spreadsheet to learn how. This article is full of tips on how to organize your character details into categories like identifying details, basic personal info, physical traits, personality traits, and even relationships and inventory. Let me know what character details you think I missed!

These methods of outlining will help you create a novel outline that makes writing your first draft a breeze, whether it's your 1st or 10th time writing a book.

We just made this little infographic to visualize the breakdown of using our novel writing roadmap to write a novel in one year.

I have been working on the outline for my WIP for the last month. Actually (*cough*cough*) it’s been…more than a month. Anyway, I’m using Tasha’s brilliant technique and I…