How I Organize My Stories

So, I actually have a very detailed outlining process that starts with the seven point plot system that was adapted by Dan Wells.

Here's a graphic I found on Google images:





I combine these 7 points with K.M. Weiland's book on writing "Creating Character Arcs." Here's a link to her book: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Chara...

By using these two systems in tandem, I've been able to, for the most part, put out first drafts with very few story errors, such as plot holes, character inconsistencies, and more. In fact, my first drafts are so clean as far as story and character go, that I rarely have to make any major changes.

It's helped me to not only write my first drafts quickly, but also succinctly. Before I adopted these systems, I had been known to completely scrap a book, more than once even, and start over because my scripts were such a mess. Now I'm at the exact other end of the spectrum.

If you're looking for a way to speed up the writing process but also make your stories, cleaner and more concise, then you can't go wrong with these systems.