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Scene & Sequel: The Secret to Plotting an Epic Novel

By Darlene Panzera | February 10, 2021 |

Scene & Sequel: The Secret to Plotting an Epic Novel
(Part I)
Ever feel ‘stuck’ while writing or had your story called ‘episodic’ or ‘unmotivated?’ Do you have a hard time moving your story forward in a way that grips the reader?
Learn the individual components of Scene & Sequel to structure your scenes, advance the plot, and increase the stakes with each character decision.

Basic Story Structure: How to Plot in 6 Steps

By Darlene Panzera | August 15, 2020 |

Plot is what happens when your main character moves through the sequence of interrelated scenes of your story. Now there are several instructors who teach various plotting structures, some simple and some more complex. At Aspiring Writer Academy, we have both. But to launch you in the right direction when you are still brainstorming, we created an easy 6-step template for popular fiction to help you grow that initial idea into a “working draft of a story.”

Before you sit down to write a story, you must first decide: What do you want to write about? And even more importantly—Why?