Writing: Creating Your Plot

thewritinghole:

The holy trinity of writing, so to speak, is good plot, good characters, and good language control. Let’s focus on plot for a little bit.

Having a plot is first and foremost in writing a story. The plot is best defined as “the problem the story’s characters have to solve.” Therefore, you can’t write a story without one. If you’ve brainstormed and have a great idea for a character, a setting, or a theme, that’s all well and good, but you don’t have a story unless there’s an obje...