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Chapter 2: Attack On Titan
Careful planning is important to a flawless story.
A. Create an outline or timeline of your story from start to finish - this includes the setting. This will serve as your map when you start writing the story and help prevent plot holes.
B. Improve your outline by developing "Conflict Layers" to hide the "Root". - "Conflict Layers" are similar to plot twists. Conflict layering is achieved by creating a conflict that readers would believe is the main issue, but later on you will reveal what the real conflict is.
For example, a world invaded by aliens. Make people think that the problem are the aliens invading our planet, and that eradicating them will finally bring world peace only to find out that these aliens were attacking because our government had stolen something precious from them and that when it was finally returned, they all went back to their planet.
My favorite conflict layer is from Shingeki No Kyoujin (Attack on Titan).
Everyone thought that the people within the walls were the last of humanity because the Titans have already infested the lands and the goal was to kill the Titans so they could live outside the walls again. Later it was revealed that the people within the walls were actually "prisoners whose memories have been erased" and that there is another civilization that's been creating the Titans in order to punish them. To gain freedom, they actually need to wage war on that civilization.
The main point of layering your story is so that people don't see through your plots easily and keep them interested by always raising an air of mystery.
What's your favorite story layer? Write it down on the comments section below.
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