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Creating Plot Outlines by BritishMan00, literature
Literature
Creating Plot Outlines
The Plot Outline
Ok! So you just had a super intense brainwave and believe it would make a great story. You have the inspiration, the energy and the excitement and can’t wait to go ahead and write it! Great!
Now STOP and back off from the pen paper or keyboard. Diving into your writing headfirst works for the very very few, what you need is a plot outline. Without a plot outline, writing a story is like building a house with no blueprints to follow. A plot outline is your blueprint, the skeleton to provide the basic support for everything going on in your novel.
Now making a plot outline is very easy, you just need to put the t
Plot Saver List by BritishMan00, literature
Literature
Plot Saver List
1. Kill a main character.
2. Send your characters on a journey.
3. Have your characters lose an important item.
4. Have a character go crazy.
5. A volcano erupts nearby.
6. Your characters stumble on a key.
7. Your characters throw a man off a bridge.
8. Your character gets drunk.
9. Your character finds a lost child.
10. Your character is attacked by a bandit.
11. Your character develops a crush on someone.
12. Add a new character.
13. Your main character trips and breaks his/her arm.
14. Characters argue over milk.
15. Have a character say “I am afraid I have lost my watch”
16. Write a scene that takes place in a bo
Arkomb - BritishMan00 by BritishMan00, literature
Literature
Arkomb - BritishMan00
Arkomb
Getting to Arkomb
I was bleeding badly, the wound to my head had left me in a delusional state and I was very tired. The crash had been ruff and I had little supplies with me. Sitting down to rest a moment, I found I was in the ruins of an old library. There were still books on the shelves and on desks around me. I walked over to the nearest bookshelf and read one of the titles out. It was called Silent Enchantment and looked well read. I picked it up and took it with me, not stopping for the pick up crews to find me. I had lost my guns and food while fleeing the wreckage and have only my knife, my compass and journal with a small pe