#plot diagram

HEY LOOK NANOWRIMO’S BARRELING DOWN ON US AGAIN. So as traditional, I’ll warn you guys it’s coming (and coax some of you to join) with some novel help! I designed this chart to help people with a simple plot diagram (Exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) broken down instead into beginning, middle, and end. This is a main plot, and other smaller stories or side quests are considered sub plots. Scatter those in at will! This main set up though will allow you to essentially get a story out without forgetting what you’re aiming for. 

Write a summary using simple sentences and it’ll guide you towards what you should be doing, or what your options are, without suffocating you in an entire novel at once. You can add multiple character lines aiming for a united end by doing multiple beginning and middles, but sticking them together by the end. Maybe even simply fail and continue to the new status quo! You could not unleash the villain until the end or anything else! Heck, write 18 different options, only pick which one feels right as you go, and end up changing everything by the end. It’s okay! Write whatever your heart tells you! 

This is just a very simple outline that helps me figure out where I’m going with things, and helps me figure out what to add if parts of my novel look… too thin. There’s way more different ways to approach it than this, but this looked as basic as I could get. It fits for pretty much any genre, or concept, even if you have to reorder it a little or add extra legs and arms to get what you have in your head. Think of it as a plain sandwich, then add whatever toppings and swap out the bread, and let’s make it a wrap instead. Have fun! And good luck with NaNoWriMo!  (Big size)