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A Plot Sheet
Topic Started: Jun 22 2005, 12:38 AM (464 Views)
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Again, provided for by the wonderful Rosie Shute! Like characters, without a good grip on your plot you'll end up walking about in a long maze and end up at a dead end. It happens to everyone, it's happened to myself--it will continue to happen. But hopefully this plot sheet will help direct you a bit!

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Story Title: (If you don’t know the title of your story then think of one before you dare to fill this out!).

Genres:  (More than one is allowed – the best stories usually contain a mixture of story genres but not always).

Regular Characters who are main characters in your own story:

Names of any of your own characters: (Character names in books often have meanings, yours might too if you decide to have it from another language or culture, just don’t be bizarre and call them something like ‘Fire’ and have them hot-headed all the time or I’ll cry and refuse to help you).

Pairings: (I want good reasons and good settings for these people to get together, whoever they are, if the reasons seem clichéd then I can perhaps assist you in becoming more original).

Any new locations which will appear in your story and a detailed description of them: (Detail! If you have new locations I want to know all about it! I don’t mind if you talk about your new house Bob moves into for five pages, if you can be that detailed then great! If you know a layout and can draw me a map then even better! Trust me, the better you know the surroundings you’re writing about then the better your story will be).

The year in which your story will take place: (If you don’t know the year then decide upon it.  If it follows a set course from books then make sure you get it right! I’d also like to learn about your timescale – is your story set over one year or five? Any jumps in time may go down badly [I once wrote 40 chapters from August to October and then jumped to June in one chapter – bad plan!] so plan and spread it out well!)

Summary: (It’s helpful for you to know how you’re going to summarise this if you’re posting your story on the internet and you’ll have a summary.  If not then why not write a blurb to advertise? If there are any word or character limits then these must be taken into consideration when you write it and also – don’t go and give away your entire plot in a summary…)

A full story plotline: (By full I really mean full. I want everything you can think of, everything which you know will happen. Don't worry about ruining the ending, this is what you're here for--to get some feedback. I want to know everything you can tell me about what’s going to happen when, why and to whom. I want you to tell me the little things which make a big difference and the big things which really don’t make much difference in the end.  Anything you can tell me or explain I’d like to hear it so I can help you set it up or tell you that something’s too obvious when it appears or hints.  It’ll help, really!)


The basics of any story are simple. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning is usually where everything is introduced and a conflict/mystery is also offered--can't go too far without a conflict (if that's the type of story you're planning). It should probably appear withing the first few chapters (for longer stories) or else readers will become, yes, disinterested. The middle is where the main character (or characters) learn more about the conflict/mystery, or it escalates in general. The end, obviously, should solve the problems or give a twist of some sort that leaves the readers guessing. Twists are often useful O_o, and can turn out great if you know how to use them! OF COURSE, these aren't the set rules or anything. Just what we see most often. ^_^
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