WHAT IS THE STORY MAP?

I have tried pretty much every method in my attempts to write a novel. I have sat my butt in a chair and started writing. I have done The Snowflake Method. I have tried outlining my novel using methods other authors have talked about using. And, to this day, I am still novel-less.

So I decided to make my own way.

I took parts of outlining methods that I liked -- The Snowflake Method, The Beat Sheet, the 3-Act Method, etc. -- and I combined them into what I call the Story Map. And then I pieced...