Crafting scenes that captivate readers isn’t just about what happens; it’s about why it matters. When your scenes align with your characters’ motivations and your plot’s cause-and-effect arc, you create a story that hooks readers and keeps them invested. The Story Genius Scene Starter Template is a worksheet in Plottr inspired by Lisa Cron’s Story …
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As humans, we all have degrees of needs. Some are essential to survival, for example physiological needs such as shelter and food. Others are more social, emotional, spiritural or psychological. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a framework that will help you build scenes where your characters’ needs propel the action. Keep reading for a complete …
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The key to writing a compelling novel is creating characters and a sequence of events that readers care about. It may sound daunting to put so much intent and strategy into every page of your story, but proper scene planning can help! Answer the nine questions in Sarra Cannon’s Scene Roadmap to construct strong scenes …
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A scene is your novel in miniature. Your novel needs a trigger event or inciting incident, pinch points, and a climax, and so do your scenes. You may already be familiar with the W Plot Method for planning entire books. How do you use the W plot method for scenes? With Plottr’s W Scene template. …
Scenes fall into two main categories: proactive and reactive. Both are essential for a believable and vivid sense of cause and effect. Let’s see how Plottr’s Reactive Scene template can help you to lay the groundwork for a solid story. What is a Reactive Scene? A reactive scene is based on the familiar concept of …
