Monday 4 June 2012

Tip #234: Plotting via character development

At the beginning of your novel, how does your protagonist understand himself? What defines him? What rules or code guide him? What assumptions are givens? What’s home base? Who’s on his side? In whose love is he secure? ... 
At the end of your novel, how has the answer changed to any of the questions above? What happens to change that opinion? Add it.


http://writerunboxed.com/2011/12/07/a-sense-of-self/

You could generate an entire outline by asking these questions.

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