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How to Plot a Complex Novel in One Day

Now first, I have to say, that the plot you’re able to come up with in one day is not going to be without its flaws, but coming up with it all at once, the entire story unfolds right in front of you and makes you want to keep going with it. So, where to begin?

What is your premise and basic plot? Pick your plot. I recommend just pulling one from this list. No plots are “original” so making yours interesting and complicated will easily distract from that fact, that and interesting characters. Characters will be something for you to work on another day, because this is plotting day. You’ll want the main plot to be fairly straight forward, because a confusing main plot will doom you if you want subplots.

Decide who the characters will be. They don’t have to have names at this point. You don’t even need to know who they are other than why they have to be in the story. The more characters there are the more complicated the plot will be. If you intend to have more than one subplot, then you’ll want more characters. Multiple interconnected subplots will give the illusion that the story is very complicated and will give the reader a lot of different things to look at at all times. It also gives you the chance to develop many side characters. The plot I worked out yesterday had 13 characters, all were necessary. Decide their “roles” don’t bother with much else. This seems shallow, but this is plot. Plot is shallow.

Now, decide what drives each character. Why specifically are they in this story? You can make this up. You don’t even know these characters yet. Just so long as everyone has their own motivations, you’re in the clear.

What aren’t these characters giving away right off the bat? Give them a secret! It doesn’t have to be something that they are actively lying about or trying to hide, just find something that perhaps ties them into the plot or subplot. This is a moment to dig into subplot. This does not need to be at all connected to their drive to be present in the story.  Decide who is in love with who, what did this person do in the 70’s that’s coming back to bite them today, and what continues to haunt what-his-face to this very day. This is where you start to see the characters take shape. Don’t worry much about who they are or what they look like, just focus on what they’re doing to the story.

What is going to change these characters? Now this will take some thinking. Everyone wants at least a few of the characters to come out changed by the end of the story, so think, how will they be different as a result of the plot/subplot? It might not be plot that changes them, but if you have a lot of characters, a few changes that are worked into the bones of the plot might help you.

Now list out the major events of the novel with subplot in chronological order. This will be your timeline. Especially list the historical things that you want to exist in backstory. List everything you can think of. Think about where the story is going. At this point, you likely haven’t focused too much on the main plot, yeah, it’s there, but now really focus on the rising actions, how this main plot builds its conflict, then the climactic moment. Make sure you get all of that in there. This might take a few hours.

Decide where to start writing. This part will take a LOT of thinking. It’s hard! But now that you’ve got the timeline, pick an interesting point to begin at. Something with action. Something relevant. Preferably not at the beginning of your timeline - you want to have huge reveals later on where these important things that happened prior are exposed. This is the point where you think about what information should come out when. This will be a revision of your last list, except instead of being chronological, it exists to build tension.

Once you’ve gotten the second list done, you’ve got a plot. Does it need work? Probably. But with that said, at this point you probably have no idea who half your characters are. Save that for tomorrow, that too will be a lot of work.

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1.     How do you feel about golden oreos?

2.     What is your favorite dessert topping?

3.     What is your favorite flavor/brand of bubble gum?

4.     Favorite cheese?

5.     Favorite Lunch Meat?

6.     Favorite ice cream flavor?

7.     Best looking food?

8.     Best food to put cheese on?

9.     Best sexual food?

10.   Best tasting drink in the summer?

11.   Best tasting drink in winter?

12.   Best food for a night out with friends?

13.   Best foods to eat with a roll?

14.   Messiest food, in your opinion?

15.   Easist food to prepare?

16.   Cheapest food you ever ate?

17.   Most expensive food you ever ate?

18.   Stinkiest food you ever ate?

19.   Favorite dipping sauce?

20.   Best pizza topping?

21.   Favorite potato chip flavor?

22.   Most toxic substance you ever ate?

23.   Most calories you ate in one meal?

24.   Favorite soda?

25.   Favorite flavor of juice?

26.   Favorite Vegetable?

27.   Favorite fruit?

28.   Worst canned food?

29.   Best side dish?

30.   Worst fast food restuarant?

31.   Best restaurant?

32.   Best smelling food?

33.   Favorite appetizer?

34.   Favorite cookie flavor?

35.   Favorite cake flavor?

36.   Favorite pie flavor?

37.   Chocolate or rainbow sprinkles?

38.   Ketchup or Mustard?

39.   Best food to have on a date?

40.   Most share-able food?

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Craftsmans traditionally have creamy off-white walls, but I think it looks good in green. This is a very large living room.

The layout is different in this one. The typically brick fireplace flanked by enclosed shelving and windows isn't centered, so I'm wondering if the wall between the rooms was removed to open it up.

It now houses a piano and seating, but this is clearly the dining room. It has the traditional wainscoting and beautiful built-in China cabinet.

I love the Forest Green kitchen remodel. Great choice, and the understated counter color plus subway tile backsplash tie in nicely.

They also left the original door and window.

Very nice laundry area off the kitchen.

Original hallway with the built-in linen cabinet and doors leading to the bedrooms.

This would be the primary bedroom. Look at the original glass door knob on the closet.

They're using the 2nd bedroom as a home office.

Cute bath with the original vintage tub.

Awesome yard in the back with a bonus guest house on a 7,800 sq ft lot.

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Love the colors. It has wainscoting and sliding doors to the yard.

The kitchenette has a sink and a fridge, but there's plenty of room for a stove to turn it into a rental. Next to the blue cabinet, there's a washer/dryer behind the curtain.

It has an adorable little vintage tub.

Dining room.

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I used to tell people about this revelation and they'd be like yeah.....duh.....but like, why wouldn't my base assumption be that you're communicating to me in a straightforward manner. anyway, I get scammed a lot.

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Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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