#creating plots

Developing Your General Plot

“Introduce your main characters and themes in the first third of your novel. If you are writing a plot-driven genre novel make sure all your major themes/plot elements are introduced in the first third, which you can call the introduction. Develop your themes and characters in your second third, the development. Resolve your themes, mysteries and so on in the final third, the resolution.” —…

Let me start off by saying this: Some people have a higher creative drive than others, and that’s OK. 

You should never base your amount of plots and creativity on the ability of someone else. Heck, I’d LOVE to be able to write two books a year, but alas, I haven’t even written one and I’ve been working on it for 6+ years. And that’s OK.

Now, onto the advice:

Writing plots are hard. Writing plots are easy. But it’s different for everyone, so I’m not going to tell you that you have to create it one way or another. Here are some helpful links I found:

Create a Plot Outline

5 Plot Devices That Hurt Your Writing

The Golden Rules for a Good Plot

I hope this helps! If it doesn’t, come back and we will try again!