The nearly ALWAYS occasionally BORING task of plotting a story

As I pointed out in this post, the problem with plotting is that it can be SO BORING. My plotting up until a couple of years ago consisted of some hastily typed notes at the beginning of my manuscripts. I’ve tested out a few methods over the years with no luck, namely the Monomyth (commonly known as the Hero’s Journey) and the Snowflake Method. It was seriously a YAWN fest.

When washing your hair suddenly looks SUPER exciting.

More recently, I tried writing software—namely Scrivener (it basic...