Novel Plotting Novels & Stories

However, even with what she told me in the letter. We don’t know enough to stray from the obvious plot. Which is exactly why she told us only the complete basics of what we should know. It is quite a clever way of making us stay on the plot. Just because we are the main love interests doesn’t mean we can survive going off-plot. And if our characters get killed. We’re stuck in the ink until the story ends. I shook my head at Fox. Telling him we weren’t going off plot in this one. Fox instantly rolled his eyes, and with the way he has been behaving. It wouldn't surprise me.

Some time ago, Michelle pondered a fascinating question. If she were to find herself within the world of a book, would the plot still unfold according to its original outline? And if it did, would it adhere to the author's initial summary or to the detailed narrative she, as the writer of this new version, had envisioned?

Many times. The outline I started with isn't the story you just finished reading. Characters changed. Plot twists appeared out of nowhere. Some scenes refused to cooperate. Others surprised me so much that I had to throw away my original plans. There were days I stared at a blank page wondering if I had made a terrible mistake by trying to write my own book. But somehow... Here we are. The End. Is this a perfect novel? No. Not even close.