#plot diagram

[beachback]

For anyone who wants to take inspiration on the way I write my story

I've set it up to three (and a half) plots in one book. But, these plots aren't totally separated- they all affect one another, and affect other plot points on the line as well!

1. Serious Baby's internal conflict (Yellow)

In this plot I focus on Serious Baby's character, how is past history and hidden secrets affect the way he interacts with his friend and love interest Jerry Cat. He's shielded and doesn't want to share his history, and would much rather focus on his studies. But this exaggeration on the value of his studies leads to his mentor, Luna, to push him from his studies and focus on himself, something he does not want. This helps set up the exposition for the story, and how Jerry Cat gets introduced! But Serious Baby struggles and comes to his mentor for help on how to open himself up more to his friend.

2. External Conflict/Plot (Pink)

In this story the external conflict begins with a fungal parasite spreading and affecting one of Serious Baby's younger friends, Billy. This leads to Luna bringing them and telling them of the threat that may come in time soon to come. She gives them a solution to find out how to defeat the fiends that will cause the infection and control the city of Cat Vegas: research.

3. Mini Arcs (Green)

Not just any time of research, though! The two must "jump time", using a book that allows one to explore prospective universes, and figure out how this threat was defeated in the past. They must learn how to control where they want the pages of this book to lead, and must learn how to jump to different worlds. But in order to master this technique, they must parse through worlds created by their subconscious minds. Cue rise and fall of small lessons that are taught through these individual worlds.

4. Side Character Plot (Blue)

Not everyone has been freed from the actions of the threat (the fiends Flame and Fungi). Billy, a child who had been taken away from his ocean world many moons ago by Flame, faces it in a battle. Already infected, his fight leads him to have multiple burn wounds. His manager at the soda shop he works at, Wert, realizes what a problem this fiend is, and works his own plot to get revenge for it toasting his apprentice. Billy's friends, Mad Boy and Sadd Man also seek revenge, and although Wert has hated them to no degree at first, accepts their help and the unlikely help from the city's own minor nuisance of Macata the Ninja Thief.

Diagram to visualize

That's all I can really share without spoiling too much. But I hope this gives inspiration to those wanting to know how to structure their story. As always happy writing to all!

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[tigerpetalpress]

What is Plot?

Simply put, a plot is “the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.” As opposed to a timeline, which depicts events in a purely chronological order, the sequence of events in the plot is chosen specifically by the writer. It can jump forward or backward in time as the writer sees fit. Strictly speaking, a plot is only…

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[copepods]

maybe the real ultrakill is the ultra we killed along the way

#from what i gather the rainworld/ultrakill fandom venn diagram is a circle #so i keep seeing ultrakill posts but idk anything about it #which i kind of like. trying to find out the plot of something via art and memes is fun #text #ultrakill

[kagoutiss]

undercover sheik au again, in which i think its also very funny if sheik realizes impa and ganondorf have confoundingly similar personalities

#tloz oot #ocarina of time #sheik #zelda #impa #ganondorf #undercover sheik au #double agent sheik au #i feel like i’ll just go with the first au name from now on bc it feels easier to say #anyway. you ask for plot and i give you silly dynamics instead #sheik drawing diagrams and balancing equations trying to understand the people around him #i think sheik would have a tendency to overanalyze things in general #always feeling the need to extrapolate the best possible solution & wanting to understand the greater order of things #she looks very composed most of the time but is almost always ruminating on some sort of problem #and also sometimes on things that aren’t problems lol

[leapdayowo]

Redraw :3

2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019

Up close of newest version and sketch:

I keep getting more ambitious with this piece, but it’s fun to add to it and see my style change :D

#homestuck #homestuck fanart #davekat #dave strider #karkat vantas #them <3 #traditional art #watercolor #and colored pencils #I was going to do my usual pen outlines but I kind of like the dream like look of the colored pencil as outlines #I should have added more drawing supplies :P #Karkat definitely would have sketchbooks with diagrams explaining and dissecting the plot of what they’re watching #Dave idly drawing and making fun of karkat but maybe getting into the plot #He’d pick karkat’s least favorite character and make it his favorite but then never drops the bit #cuz it’s ironic or smth #I can see that getting out of hand and maybe terezi eggs them on #and rose psychoanalysizes Dave about this #aw man now I want to get into sibling dynamics between rose and Dave #redraw

[joelletwo]

Sorachi's Kamisama Kiss (2007)

goddddddddd hes always had diseases about the same themes (fascinated by it)

#sopping wet gintoki posting #<- sideways like #i love whatever was in the water of 2000s manga that they were all [waves]. even his vulgar sort of poking fun at it is still good to me #plots them all on a venn diagram does shoujo math on them

[dreamertrilogys]

this is so mean i’m sorry. but it needs to be said. the way some of you talk about trc is like you were shown this plot diagram in 2nd grade and never moved past it. & that you think all stories MUST have only one (1) simple main narrative that follows this diagram to the tee in order for them to have what you consider to be a “plot”

#THE RAVEN CYCLE HIT YA SERIES BY MAGGIE STEIFVATER VERY MUCH DOES HAVE A PLOT. AND IT’S NOT EVEN A VERY COMPLICATED ONE AT THAT 😭😭😭 #just because there’s sub plots or b-plots and like character development on the side does NOT mean that trc doesn’t have a plot. be serious #.txt #but while we’re on the topic of the basic plot diagram. trc does also follow that. like it very much has all those things linked to a #central plot. please tell me we’re all reading the same books here guys #trc

[hundredowls]

silly oc doodle..... ballroom yuri

#ocs #ok so im gonna ramble/complain in the tags for a bit bc i love to complain its mostly not even gonna be relevant to the ocs but anyway ok #yknow that diagram abt art skills thats like ability to see/ability to draw #im at the BAD PART OF IT RN #i wanna draw fanart so bad but then i get annoyed bc the fanart doesnt look as good as the source material GHRG which is a totally #unreasonable thing to think bc source material is drawn by Professionals but you know how it is. Art Hard etc etc complain etc etc #need to do more studies etc etc #i wanna be able to draw really good so i can draw the things i love!!!!! even if its hard and tedious i wanna practise!!!! i love art!!!!!! #dont think about whats easy think about whats fun - bokuto koutarou etc #anyway everyday i am sad i have to sit in front of a desk for 8 hours instead of practising drawing :( i wanna table at a con this year.... #but is there even time..... #ANYWAY this is somewhat relevant bc in an effort to be less hard on myself mayhaps i will try draw more oc things so i dont feel pressure #(self imposed) #to make it perfect kjskjkd #or at least not as much #and hopefully get over my brain's tendency to Compare Everything #i have like 3 vague sets of ocs (one less vague than the others ive posted one of the characters from that on my main art blog before sjdks #these two are from the next less vague set there is a plot premise and some side characters too. shdks #i thought abt them a couple months ago but then i watched strictly ballroom w sophie n i was reminded of them again #anyway im not good at coming up w fully fleshed out stories i just like to doodle ppl n think of random connected scenarios sometimes sdjk #i did a mini free online life drawing course in the break n i tried to apply what i learnt here.... i will keep practising when i can..... #well. if u read all the way to the end. hello :) KJASKA #im going to shower....

[wishing-stones]

how did you come with the plot for r&r? its so nicely written and i constantly struggle with coming up with plots for multichapter fics despite desperately wanting to write one, so im wondering what your process was?

This one got long

Originally, the plot came about from a one-word prompt done for my oneshot collection. The story wound up with more background to it than I intended, and I decided to try and fill it out a little more. I'm kind of old-fashioned, so I used a plot diagram and slapped the important bits in there before thinking about what all else I'd like to put in a story like this.

Picking a villain was pretty easy; who is stupid and/or ballsy enough to pick a serious fight with Nightmare? XGaster, who could be made a main antagonist easily. He also has the added bonus of having a personal investment in fighting Nightmare (Cross) That gave me my conflict, and filling out what needed to happen between that and the resolution got handled too.

I knew I wanted this to be a reverse harem sort of dealio, so everyone needed to have their own arc with the reader. Everyone needed to have character development. To do that with Nightmare meant having to include his brother, and it gave me an avenue to do their resolution and also include the stars. Killer and Cross needed to come to an understanding, but after realizing that would only really come about after they go to blows, they needed a doctor.

Enter Baggs, who I have sort of stuck with the Bad Sanses for a hot minute in my own sort of personal plot space and in general thought mess. Formally including him would also just be a nice little self-indulgent thing since he's a seriously bastardly brainrot. It also gave me an excuse to work with him more, and, unintentionally though it was, introduce more people to him and his AU.

With the cast figured out, I could start placing little scenes I wanted to happen in the appropriate places on the timeline. As I wrote it, some things were off-the-cuff, some things popped up early, some things got nixed, and a whole character who I hadn't originally intended to include got included anyway due to source material being released between plotting and writing (XChara.)

The actual ending got pulled out of my ass because I only had a couple bulletpoints for the post-fight resolutions. There's a couple whump lines there I'm especially proud of.

That being said, there's a couple continuity errors that need fixing and places where things didn't quite go according to plan, so always be prepared to compromise and fix in post. I also never had a beta reader and basically went "FUCK IT WE BALL" with every update. (I did re-read them and fine-tune them after the initial write before posting them, but that's it.)

In short, the process was: 1. Come up with the initial idea 2. Refine the idea (Starting point, rising action, conflict, resolution) 3. Place the idea on a plot diagram 4. Figure out scenes you want and place them accordingly 5. Figure out how characters are (or are not) going to change and place the catalysts for the actions and where/when their arcs will conclude/when they have gone through their development 6. Pad it out-- make scenes connect and plot points make sense 7. Start writing. Keep writing. Pace yourself. You'll finish it eventually and with a roadmap, you'll always know where you're going. Feel free to embellish on the details and don't be afraid to move things up or back in the progression of the plot if it makes more sense while writing it.

And if there's anything I've learned from this, it's that:

a. Your audience is a lot nicer than you think they are. You are absolutely your own worst critic. b. Don't be afraid of mistakes, just go with the flow. You can edit things in post when you re-read it, even if that's after you posted it.

I really hope this helps!

#k answers #fic nonsense #r&r(r&r) #the only part of english class that stuck with me was creative writing and plot diagrams #Can't tell you how the hell to construct a sentence #but I can sure as hell break a story down into its essential parts

[grand-theft-carbohydrates]

OK I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE TALK ABOUT THIS YET SO IM GOING TO ASSUME YALL HAVEN'T SEEN IT this is from total war: 3 kingdoms and I am fucking obsessed with all their game trailers because it is 100% made by people who Get It. Favourite things:

1/ the SONG. the FUCKING SONG. ok. this is based on the poem "Hard Roads to Shu" by Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai. The road to Shu was a treacherous mountain path that once led to sichuan and it's also a HOMOPHONE for the Kingdom of Shu Han, which Liu Bei creates with blood, sweat and tears. The first verse, as Liu Bei's army prepares to face Cao Cao: "The road to Shu is hard. As hard as climbing the great blue sky." the verse that plays when Liu Bei falls: "The ground splits, mountains fall, and stout heroes die."

2/ All the citizens are running while Liu Bei and his sworn brothers are walking towards the danger. 3/ Liu Bei helps a fallen man onto his feet. later on, it is the people who do not lose faith in him as his sworn brothers + zhao yun lift him back onto his feet (zhuge liang is also there!). the man lui bei helped before is the one who gives him back his sword.

4/ SMASH CUT TO THE BATTLE OF CHIBI, WITH LUI BEI LEADING THE LAND ATTACK.

5/ ok. yknow. when Cao Cao's calvary is seconds from bearing down on Lui Bei, the dust of their hooves blotting out the sun, and the last thing lui bei does is glance behind him to look at the fleeing refugees???????????? im frothing at the fucking mouth.

5/ im so inordinately pleased with Cao Cao's single, wordless gesture commanding his men to charge. he gets like 3 seconds of screentime and it's used SO well.

6/ I just really, really, really like the overhead shots showing the battle formations ok??? im a slut for a good battle formation. (small nitpick, lui bei actually outnumbered cao cao 2-1. not that it mattered, they were still totally outmatched bc they were basically all footsoldiers. i get this is visual shorthand to show they're the underdog, but still.)

7/ *gasp!* guan yu if you're here at dangyang then who is at jiangling escorting the refugees? you know what, i'll get it slide just this once because it's just that badass.

8/ im such a slut for historically accurate battle tactics you have NO idea, like that little detail of the archers retreating behind the pikemen and see how the pikemen are all STANDING STILL, bracing their ji INTO THE GROUND and NOT CHARGING? pay attention john woo that's how you're suppose to use a polearm against calvary!!!!

9/ OMG these are crossbolt archers!!!! hell yeah!!! also has the implication that lui bei has a less skilled, run-down peasant militia

10/ zhang fei's little wink before the battle. god how do these people sum up their personalities in .5 seconds so well????? 11/ I SEE THEM. I SEE THE BOYS. THEY INCLUDED HIS BIG STUPID DUMBO EARS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 100000/10 NO FUCKING NOTES.

#romance of the three kingdoms #lui bei #battle of changban #chinese history #total war three kingdoms #stop putting stuff like “plot” and “character” in your stories! give me a 50 page war manual of han dynasty battle tactics. with diagrams.

[kirkwallguy]

Do you have OCs that are not the main game characters?

thank you ummmm... my trevelyan ocs got really out of hand and kind of spiralled off into something completely unrelated to inquisition. the main focus are the inquisitor's three siblings:

felix trevelyan - oldest sibling and the only boy. left home to train with the templars as a young teenager and got stationed at the ostwick circle around the time he turned 18. he was a good soldier and did his duties but was an outcast during his training due to being very obviously gay, leading to him doing pretty severe repression. at ostwick, he has frequent affairs with mages to the point that it's noticed by his superiors and when one of the affairs becomes long-term, they try to teach him a lesson by making him make the mage tranquil. well, obviously that's fucked and results in him acting out a lot and being seen as an embarassment. he gets sent to kinloch where he behaves himself for like a year before going back to his old ways - he's involved with karl and anders and contributes to karl being sent to kirkwall. after that he and anders have a pretty antagonistic relationship and it's all very complicated - he's one of the templars that anders fireballs at the beginning of awakening lol.

jane trevalyan - only a few years younger than felix, she learns that she has magic very young - she has a private tutor who knows her parents will react very badly to this and teaches her to hide it. she does this well until she's in her teens but gives it away and gets sent to starkhaven. she's very socially awkward due to being isolated growing up and bullied a lot as an apprentice; she spends all her time studying and grows to be a very talented mage. as an enchanter, she's approached by a group of younger mages who ask for her help with something. they're very nice to her and she's never had friends before so she falls in with them easily - they use her status and good reputation to set a revolution in motion. for the final stage of their plan, she takes the fall for a lot of what they've done as a kind of decoy and is locked in the dungeons beneath the circle and pretty much forgotten about. there's this whole thing where she bonds with the templar watching her etc etc, but eventually it ends with her being abandoned down there and dying when the circle burns to the ground.

rose trevalyan - quite a lot younger than jane and felix, her parents had her after they both left for the order / circle. she presented with magic fairly young and was sent to the kirkwall circle since her siblings were in the other two nearest circles. she hates it there and is miserable but is very talented at magic which draws attention to her. as a young adult she's set up to be married to another talented mage of a noble family, in this weird show attempting to improve the circle's image / reputation amongst the nobles of kirkwall (the idea is that there will be less apostates if people think the circle isnt so bad.) her husband is nice and respectful and they don't even sleep with each other but she still hates everything. cullen comes to the circle and gets a massive crush on her, worse than the one he had on amell, and tries approaching her a few times despite her being married. a little while after that, bethany is admitted to the circle and they become really close - bethany is in love with her as well probably. rose gets worse and worse mentally until bethany decides to get them both out of there, obvi she has contacts outside the circle through hawke and anders. rose's husband overhears and is upset / jealous she isn't trying to help him escape too. he rats her out to the templars and she's dragged back to the circle just as she's about to escape. they try to speak to her about it but she begins threatening people and (since it's the kirkwall circle and this is rougly just before act 3 of da2) they decide it'll be easier to make her tranquil. cullen, still with a crush on her, signs the papers but warns her ahead of time so she can at least say goodbye to people. she'd rather die than be made tranquil, obviously, so she gets her big dramatic moment of wearing her wedding dress and dying in a way that makes her look as much like andraste as possible.

^ the inquisitor, mary trevelyan, doesn't know any of this. she doesn't know about her two oldest siblings but is old enough to remember rose being taken to the circle. her family tell her that she joined the chantry as a sister and sometimes take her to the kirkwall chantry and point out a random woman and say it's her (somehow this works.) and when the chantry blows up, they see it as a good time to tell her that rose is dead (and blame it on magic.) mary finds out the truth the day of her wedding to cullen because i love drama. also it raises the question whether cullen ACTUALLY likes mary or whether he's just chasing the spectre of rose.

#wisowind #this is only an overview and already insanely detailed ive thought about them FAR too much #i came up with the concept of rose to give mary a reason to give a shit about the plot of inq like. last summer. then things snowballed #i wrote the timelines down somewhere but i know i dont have them completely right here. da timelines are hard #they all die in fire related incidents because i love a fire motif esp in da where their jesus has a fire motif #long post / #why is this so long what is wrong with me. i need to put this energy into my original pieces omgggg #also making a relationship diagram of everything going on here would be so funny. who here has not been in love with a trevelyan. #hawke gets back from skyhold like. well. inquisitor trevelyan is twenty and we're all doomed. #and anders and bethany look up like. did you just say fucking trevelyan.

[mihotose]

god theres just so fucking much going on between these seven swords specifically. like i just remembered hachisuka and manba are a genuine and a fake copy on top of everything else

#like these seven need a diagram to sort them out #i dont think all of their dynamics are even able to be fully addressed and unpacked alongside the actual plot #but can you imagine the attempt #kashuu the one who tries to keep himself pretty vs manba who tries to hide his face. and so on #(suishinshi too as it happens) #gemitus

[lesbian-deadpool]

I heard you want to make a gang against my wife, I'm in 👀 - 🪐 (aka Red's wife)

She will rue the day she ever “allowed” us to come together lol

#red if youre here you didnt see shit #*shoves plans plots and diagrams into any hidey-hole possiple* #you saw nothing #🪐.anon #aka reds wife #also side note can i call you saturn purely bc of your emoji?? #ask me some things #i answer some things #ldspeaks #not marvel