Plot and Structure
This is an episode of Matt Gemmell's Trouble With Writing, a podcast with focused, hard-won techniques for solving all the problems you might encounter when planning, writing, and editing novels. Brief and to-the-point, with episodes you can listen to in any order.
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Plot and Structure
Stories have a common and intuitive structure, and it's a useful tool for writing a novel.
You can also download the episode audio file here.
Episode Notes
Story structure can seem like an intimidating topic, but it shouldn’t be. As human beings, our stories have a certain underlying framework, which writers can use to help put together the plot of a novel and keep a story on track. In this episode, I talk about the three-act structure and how you can use it.
Links:
- Katie Weiland’s Structuring Your Novel
- My PDF chart of Weiland’s version of novel structure
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