{"id":3213,"date":"2020-12-16T10:03:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T10:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:01:41","slug":"how-to-plot-a-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-plot-a-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Plot A Novel (Using Our Easy Plot Template Technique)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All stories share a simple common structure – so the simplest way to outline your novel is to use that universal template by way of scaffolding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figuring out that template and how best to use it to create the best story possible for your readers is exactly what I’m going to do in this post. (Or \u2013 full disclosure \u2013 it\u2019s what you\u2019re<\/em> going to do. I\u2019ll just help a little on the way\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this step by step guide to plotting a novel I will be teaching you everything you need to know about novel plotting – from my favourite mind mapping method, to understanding character arcs and how to tie up loose ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you ready to learn the most important part of the writing process? Here we go…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Best Way To Plot A Novel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Very few writers can have a load of story ideas and start writing<\/a> without any clear direction as to where they are heading and what is going to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The novel plotting template I will be demonstrating in this article is more of an outlining process. A simple but detailed plot outline for your book that will serve as a skeleton from which to hang the meat of your story (sorry for that rather macabre visual representation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you go further into your writing journey you can make this into a pretty bullet journal or a colour coded Excel spreadsheet if you want, but for now you just need a pen and a piece of paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ready? Good. Let’s outline your novel together.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n