Taking Steps to Strengthen Your Plot

fictionwritingtips:

So, you’ve finished your first draft. Congrats! You’ve taken a huge step, but there’s still a lot of work to do. It can be easy to point out grammatical or spelling errors, but understanding what’s fundamentally wrong with your story can take some time. If you liked what you’ve written, but you feel like something’s missing, here are a few ways to figure out if you need to strengthen your story’s plot:

Revisit character motivations

If you want to work on strengthening the...