Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

by Lisa Cron

On the internal level, the question is, what would my protagonist’s belief/past experience cause him to do in this situation? On the external level, the question is, how will the other character(s) and the world react to what my protagonist will do?