![]() Lead loses confidence the forces are too great. Guilt and anger.ĪCT III: 2 ND PLOT POINT (dark night of soul) 19 Giving Up The antagonist’s full plan/true identity is revealed. The plan goes horribly wrong, faulty information or assumption. They execute the plan, and come in direct conflict with antagonist’s forces. Plan of action to thwart antagonist’s forces or overcome main problem. Trying to fix ordinary world problems while resisting the lure of the supernatural world.ĪCT II: 1 ST PLOT POINT (point of no return) 7 Enemies & AlliesĮxplore new world meet characters, find their place and and role. The new interrupts the old and causes conflict. Something extraordinarily different happens, they can’t ignore. Trying to regain control of ordinary world but setbacks mount. Something unique or strange happens, but they dismiss it. but I hope it’s useful! The One-Page Novel Writing TemplateĪCT I: ORDINARY WORLD (START WITH LACK) 1 Really Bad Day this is only the basic outline my downloadable templates are much more refined and include some bonus writing tips. You can paste it into the word processor of your choice. I’m going to copy the whole thing down below. You can also download the Word Template I managed to get it down to 2 pages (so you can print front and back if you want, and so that I can call it a “one page” plot outline). I made an hour long video walking you through the steps, I’ll share that down below. It’s based on a lot of other things, but I’ve looked at other beatsheets or story planning guides and haven’t found one that actually tells you what to do at each stage in your story… So I hope you like it. ![]() Last year however, I managed to put together a 24 chapter template for commercial fiction. I always wanted a more in-depth book outline and plotting cheatsheet, but there’s so many conflicting story structures out there it was hard to sort out the specifics. Thank you Derek!Ī few years ago I made the Plot Dot ( now free on Amazon!) – my simple 8-point novel writing template, with the major dramatic twists most stories need to hit. Most comprehensive outline I’ve ever seen anywhere. ![]() OctoDerek Murphy finish your book, plotting template, story architecture 9702īRILLIANT! Positively BRILLIANT.
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