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Fleshing out that vague idea

YOU HAVE A PLOT. Well, okay, you have a character. Or maybe just this one cool image. Problem is, that’s all it is, and it’s hard to write an entire novel on a month with just a vague idea.

Now, you might say, “but I’ve worked on my character for so long they’re a wizard/vampire/space pirate rolled into one, how can I possibly fit that into a plot,” and I say to that, weirder books have been published, you’ll be fine. Our main goal is to figure out how to get that sweet space vampire fighting bisexual cyborg into a book you can write in thirty days. Though that seems challenging, never fear, for we are going to give you a working framework with which to move forward with. It goes like this:

A [character type] has [a problem], and [tries to fix it]. However, [plot twist/inciting event] happens, and [deadly complication ensues].

Yes, we are talking about loglines. Don’t groan, I know these are hard. Our goal is simply to end up with a starting point. It doesn’t have to be pretty, or succinct. We are merely trying to find a starting point, so let’s tackle each one by one:

A Character: Your characters are complex individuals, but we’re going to distill them to their most distinctive, plot important aspects. A sixteen-year-old wizard. A trans lady dragonrider. A lonely accountant, etc. Since we’re not trying to sell anything, we can expand a bit and give into cliches. “A eighteen-year-old werewolf with a chip on his shoulder.” “A trans dude with a terrible crush on his married landlady.” “A lonely accountant into the sanguinarian scene.” Etc. Have fun with it.

A Problem: We’ve got two main types, external and internal. External will be the outward issue being dealt with - solving a murder, finding a girlfriend, stopping an asteroid from destroying the moon, etc.An internal problem will be the driving force of the character - needing to fix a broken relationship, facing a fatal flaw, confronting an addiction, etc. Both will be important to driving your plot, so consider how connected they’ll be both in tackling the plot and complicating it.

An Inciting Event: No way back, this it what thrusts your character forward. The discovery that their mother was a werewolf. The loss of an important necklace. Realizing you’re a magical girl in a world where magical girls are evil, etc. You are going to ruin your character’s life, so I advise doing it as gleefully as possible.

A Complication: We’ve got the basics of our plot, now we have to figure out how to keep it moving. Your protagonist’s mother was murdered for being a werewolf, and now they’re after your character too too. The necklace was more than important, the mob desperately wants it back and knows your character was the last person who had it. Your sixteen-year-old wizard has cast a spell to raise the dead, and now the Wizard Council is out to kill her to stop it.

You now have the beginnings of a plot and where it’ll take you. There’s going to be more complications to carry you through to the finish line, and good god don’t stop writing them down if you’re on a roll, but this should at least get you out the gate. Good luck!

“I hate the Scream franchise.” Now replace the Scream franchise with gay people,not so funny now is it?

this quiz was so nice lol! and i got the slasher because... well, yeah. seems accurate.

hey besties, take my newest uquiz: pick some horror movie women and i’ll tell you your role in a horror movie! there are six different results, including two types of final girls 👀

i’m starting to realise that having a diverse cast of characters actually lets you cheat your way out of many creative writing rules.

‘this character is just infodumping and also talks too formally, the dialogue is not realistic at all!’ yeah except they are canonically autistic.

'male viewpoint characters don’t tend to describe other men this accurately’ he is bisexual, next question.

'the pacing is off, why does she think in full-ass pharagraphs before saying a word?’ it’s called general anxiety disorder look it up.

and maybe the most gut-punching one: ‘wHy dOnT tHeY jUst gO to ThE poLiCe’ no offense sir but you sound really white.

omg. look what my friend wrote.

I long for a body that is not my own for this one is far too beaten. My emotional scars bleed through my skin not as strong as the armour I once wore. No longer the delicate Porcelain doll I was in my earliest years.   

I long for a new mouth for mine is far too quiet but far too loud altogether. Refusing to say the words that hold heavy on my tongue. The words that wrap around my throat and suffocate me with regret. 

I long for a mind that is not my own for this one is too clouded by all the last words and last breaths. How can there be so much going through your head but nothing at all?

I long for a heart that is not my own for mine is far too heavy and paints my veins in ugly shades of loneliness and longing for something. Anything really, anything that will soothe the dull ache where my heart should be.

I long for someone to understand that I am no longer the warrior I once was, no longer the indestructible soldier with a heart made of stone.And to be honest I never really was. Not all the stories are true

.I long for the unfamiliar feeling of warmth, a feeling I lost the ability to bask in all those years ago. A feeling that’s loving grip was ripped away from me as the hurricane rips away the trees from their roots. 

I long for the feeling of settlement like how the water settles after a storm. The feeling of knowing that there will be no more uneasiness and no more bitter good-byes. Maybe one day I will find the peace I long for.