Ask Jami: Can We Use Beat Sheets with Multiple POVs?

Every once in a while, the questions I receive from writers focus on similar issues. Lately, I’ve been getting emails about how to structure complicated stories.

Many elements can make a story complex. Our story might have several subplots, a large cast, a plot filled with double-crosses and questionable loyalties, an unreliable narrator who misleads readers, etc.

But one element that can make story structure complicated is also very common: a story with multiple major characters with their...