Advice From A Werewolf Writer

Constructing The Plot Sequence

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|Constructing The Plot Sequence |

As stated before, if you have a good plot readers tend to ignore mistakes, unless they're grammar Nazis [side note: have you guys ever seen people trying to correct the writer when they're right? I want to mute them and they're not even commenting on my story! Shut up!]. There are many ways to make a plot, but I like to keep things simple.

Most people recommend planning the plot, meaning you write down what you want to happen or has to happen in certain chapters in order for the plot to run smoothly in a certain amount of chapters.

I've been doing this for my rewrite of my werewolf series and it is hard, I enjoy it because I make it color coordinated and pretty, so it's appealing and keeps me motivated. I don't understand how someone can do this from scratch. I wouldn't be able to if I didn't have the first draft as a template!

So, planning is not for everyone, and if you're like me, writing is a secret hobby you have, you can't have a bunch of journals and post its lying around with words like rogues and Alpha. Your family would probably think you're insane or like mine, get nosy and ruin the fun.

Here's the way I write:

Point ⓐ → Point ⓑ → Point ⓒ

Point ⓐ: this doesn't necessarily have to be the beginning of the story, but unless you're a skilled writer it probably will be. This is mates getting together and their futures intertwining. This is rejection, your character running away and finding another Alpha who thinks she's the hottest thing since whoever you think is attractive. It is the start of the end.

Point ⓑ: can be many things, it can be the war against rogues, discovering your mate is a good for nothing cheater. I like to make point B something that distracts readers from what's actually coming. They think "oh my God this is it" and I'm over here like "lol you thought." So this is something big, but not the big thing that will ruin your characters lives. It's something that helps guide them even further to the end.

Point ⓒ: this is the plot twist, at least in my case, for you it can be the big war. The betrayal, the death of a character that makes readers fall off their beds and gasp aloud. The big thing. This is the ending you had in mind since the beginning of your book. Is it happy? Is it sad? Are their babies involved? This is what you constantly remind yourself of as you write.

This is all mental, there is no need to write it down because it's only three things you have to remind yourself of, unless you're forgetful then maybe you should. I like this way of planning because it gives you a lot of freedom. Chapter one is, usually, point ⓐ so you have that figured out, Chapter ten let's just say is point ⓑ. This gives you nine free chapters to fill with as much love or drama or tears just to make sure you get from ⓐ to ⓑ. You can add characters, kill them or whatever just to make sure that the event that is supposed to happen, happens. The same deal with point ⓒ, if you make it happen at the last chapter, let's say Chapter 20, you have enough writing room to make sure the events from point ⓑ escalate to get to the events of point ⓒ.

I personally like to drop subtle hints in those free chapters so when people get to point ⓒ they wonder how they didn't see it coming.

People like conflict, makes things interesting, they also like romance so there's plenty of room in those free chapters for that, but there's no point to it, without a good plot.

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