Plot
Story arcs, turning points and tension: how a story gets moving and keeps moving.
Ideas & Planning
Before the first chapter is written, your story needs a foundation. This section is about capturing ideas, developing a plot and finding a structure that carries your book.
In this section
From an idea to a story
Some writers plan every scene in advance, others simply start writing and sort things out later. Both work, as long as you keep the overview. The guides in this section introduce proven plot structures such as the three-act structure and the hero’s journey, explain when they help and when they get in the way, and show methods for putting loose ideas into a meaningful order.
Structure
Three-act structure, the hero’s journey and other models, and how to find the right one for your book.
Mind maps
Gathering ideas and connecting them before they need a fixed order.
Notes
Capturing ideas, research and open questions so you can find them again later.
Put it into practice with Faustica
These Faustica features go well with the topics in this section: