I appreciate your teaching. Right now I am trying to learn Scrivner and struggling. Maybe this will be better. You did a great job with this video. You researched it and showed where you got your information from a Lion King wiki or Wikipedia. Then interpreted that and plotted it. I actually retyped your plot grid the same way you typed it and it helped me so much. Doing what you did makes it stick in my mind. I can use your example as a template to keep learning how to plot. It's so well laid out, so thank you for your hard work. I would give this ten thumbs up if I could.
The Lion King is the best! I have heard the Hamlet comparison but not the Macbeth one, but now that you mention it I definitely see the similarities :)
Thank you, thank you THANK YOU !!! I’ve been looking for someone who could explain this better. Do you put on your grids where you put clues and red herrings?
Yes I do!! I will track all of those in my plot grids, every red herring has its own column and I put in all of the clues pointing to the red herring and where I need to drop them.
I like the idea of plot grids, it makes sense. But for that you need a rough idea of your complete story one step before, don't you? Because how else do you come up with the number of chapters (the lines in the plot grid)? Or does that develop dynamically? Let's say we start with the hero's ordinary world - chapter 1 (line 1). Then comes the inciting incident - new chapter (new line), etc....
I add and delete rows on my plot grids all the time! I usually have a general idea for the beginning, middle, and end, and figure out which other scenes I need to throw in there. All of my plot grids develop dynamically. I also do what you said and use plot points (like the hero's journey) in my grids (I make a separate column for them), but there are often many scenes in between each plot point. So I'm constantly changing and moving things around. I hope this helps!
I'm trying to break down my epic fantasy, and I have two main characters and a number of very important supporting characters who have their own arcs and goals. How do I create a plot grid for something like that without having a hundred plot columns?
How do you like to outline your books?
I’m a pantser myself
This is exactly what I have been searching for so I could start( 53yr old wannabe newbie writer starting out )
So glad it was helpful!
Super helpful! Thanks Claire!
So glad I could help!
close to 9k views. id die if i were to present in front of that many people. keep up the good work!
Gave me a better understanding of the plot grid. Thank you!
So glad the video helped!
I appreciate your teaching. Right now I am trying to learn Scrivner and struggling. Maybe this will be better. You did a great job with this video. You researched it and showed where you got your information from a Lion King wiki or Wikipedia. Then interpreted that and plotted it. I actually retyped your plot grid the same way you typed it and it helped me so much. Doing what you did makes it stick in my mind. I can use your example as a template to keep learning how to plot. It's so well laid out, so thank you for your hard work. I would give this ten thumbs up if I could.
Thank you so much for this comment! It makes me so happy that this video was helpful to you!
Thank you so much. This helped me alot. I tried to combine your ideas with 7 point system and made a single file.
I'm so glad it helped!
Very helpful. 👍
I've never seen the Lion King, but I heard that it's quite a bit like Macbeth. ☺️☺️
The Lion King is the best! I have heard the Hamlet comparison but not the Macbeth one, but now that you mention it I definitely see the similarities :)
After watching this, I realize there are so many parallels between black panther and lion king 😅
Are you able to print this out when you’ve finished??
Ive never used a plot grid before
Thank you, thank you THANK YOU !!! I’ve been looking for someone who could explain this better.
Do you put on your grids where you put clues and red herrings?
Yes I do!! I will track all of those in my plot grids, every red herring has its own column and I put in all of the clues pointing to the red herring and where I need to drop them.
Thank you for this! This gives me an idea of how to keep track of them all. ❤️
I like the idea of plot grids, it makes sense. But for that you need a rough idea of your complete story one step before, don't you? Because how else do you come up with the number of chapters (the lines in the plot grid)?
Or does that develop dynamically?
Let's say we start with the hero's ordinary world - chapter 1 (line 1). Then comes the inciting incident - new chapter (new line), etc....
I add and delete rows on my plot grids all the time! I usually have a general idea for the beginning, middle, and end, and figure out which other scenes I need to throw in there. All of my plot grids develop dynamically.
I also do what you said and use plot points (like the hero's journey) in my grids (I make a separate column for them), but there are often many scenes in between each plot point. So I'm constantly changing and moving things around. I hope this helps!
Just starting to watch this video and am so confused about plot grid structure. Hoping this helps.
Are these easily printable?
just downloaded plotgrid. How do you number pages automatically/ Split pages. add on chapters/
I'm trying to break down my epic fantasy, and I have two main characters and a number of very important supporting characters who have their own arcs and goals. How do I create a plot grid for something like that without having a hundred plot columns?
I wish i could come but I was studying and my phone was turned off so I missed it 😭😭
There will definitely be more livestreams :) I hope studying went well!