Here’s Something to Help With Your Plotting

Stories containing just one character are very rare. Keeping track of two or three in your story should be relatively straightforward. But what about stories that you want to contain many characters? Think about the many that Agatha Christie often added to her stories. It can be very difficult and confusing keeping track of all of your characters, especially the times they end up in the same place and time. At what point do you want their interaction to be relevant to your story’s outcome?

Thankfully, someone has come up with an easy way for you to keep track of your characters and what they are doing. Author and entrepreneur Gabriela Pereira, has provided a nice description of how she works with her stories over at the NaNoWriMo Blog with a piece called “NaNo Prep: Outline Your Story Like a Subway Map.”

You can read a copy via the following link –

https://blog.nanowrimo.org/post/166302962291/nano-prep-outline-your-story-like-a-subway-map?

Do you use a different or better method that you would like to share? Let me know if you have.

Good luck with your plotting and outlining.

If you would like further ideas of how to take your stories forward or incorporate twists and turns, check out the following books if you haven’t already done so, and happy writing.