Novel Writing Guide for the Methodological Plotter

Description Tips and tricks for the methodological plotter. Patreon:   / ellenbrock   The Four Writing Types    • The Four Types of Novel Writers   Story Structure Links My New Series on Structure:    • Advanced Story Structure   27 Chapter Story Structure: https://livingwriter.com/blog/27-chap... Blake Snyder's Book Save the Cat: https://www.amazon.com/Save-Last-Book... Save the Cat Writes a Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Save-Cat-Write... Blake Snyder's Online Movie & Book Breakdowns: https://savethecat.com/beat-sheets Blake Snyder's 10 Story Types: https://savethecat.com/get-started#15... Larry's Brook's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Story-Engineer... Story Structure Template (beat sheet) examples: https://jamigold.com/2012/02/how-to-r... https://www.creativindie.com/plot-out... Characterization Big Five Personality Traits: https://www.verywellmind.com/the-big-... Myers-Briggs Personality Types: https://www.16personalities.com/free-... Scene Structure    • How to Write Proactive Scenes | Novel Writ...   My core/essential videos for learning novel writing are listed here: https://ellenbrockediting.com/novel-w... All of my video topics and other resources are listed here: https://ellenbrockediting.com/videos-... 0:00 Introduction 2:14 FIND THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PLOTTING 6:23 AVOID POINTLESS OR INEFFECTIVE WORKSHEETS 8:50 CHARACTERS' PERSONALITIES 11:57 DEFINE THE CHARACTER ARC 14:13 DON'T LEAVE TONE TO CHANCE 17:19 BRAINSTORM MULTIPLE PLOT TRAJECTORIES 18:29 BE HONEST ABOUT WHETHER A PLOT POINT WORKS 22:08 CONSIDER SCENE LENGTH 23:34 PLAN THE SCENE STRUCTURE 25:11 WHEN YOU'RE STUCK ON THE OUTLINE, EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM 27:53 UPDATE YOUR OUTLINE AS YOU WRITE (OR AT LEAST BEFORE YOU EDIT) 29:02 EDIT THE OUTLINE BEFORE THE NOVEL ITSELF 30:16 START REVISIONS BY LOOKING AT THE PLACEMENT OF THE PLOT POINTS 31:56 DON'T PANIC WHEN YOUR VOICE ISN'T STRONG IN THE FIRST DRAFT