Plot Blueprint

We discuss the goal of goals-- to give the character something to do, to deepen the characterization, to give structure to the plot.

We'll talk about the beginning of goals here, and in the next episode, we'll talk about how to use the goal to structure the ending of the story.

Where can you start your story? SPICE: Setting Plot Idea Character Emotion-

This episode discusses start with an emotion like "grief" and how to develop a full story from that.

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Where can you start your story?

SPICE-- Setting Plot Idea Character Emotion

This episode discusses how you can start with character, and build the story around a character or group of characters. Many of us writers will start here-- with a person who's taken up residence in our head. We want to write to discover more about the character's psychology and journey. So join us as we discuss the perilous pleasures of living (or at least writing) someone else's life.

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We thought this would be our shortest SPICE episode! But once we got started, we kept thinking about the importance of idea and theme to starting some stories, especially speculative fiction like SF and steampunk.

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Many writers start their stories with some event or sequence of events that cause a change in the world and the characters. That's PLOT-- Events that cause a change over a span of time. We'll discuss how the plot can be used to affect the world and the characters, and how to maximize other elements to deepen and complicate the plot.

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Where do I start my story? Well, you should start where you start-- what is in your head, what has inspired your story: SPICE-

Setting

Plot

Idea

Character

Emotion

First, let's talk about starting with setting: Time/place/world.

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Where can you start your story? SPICE: Setting Plot Idea Character Emotion-

This episode discusses start with an emotion like "grief" and how to develop a full story from that.

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Check out our Plot Blueprint website for more articles about the craft of writing. https://www.plotblueprint.com/

Join my Plot Blueprint Course! http://bit.ly/plotblueprint

Episode Zero:

This episode is our introduction to the Plot Blueprint, where we list some aspects of story we’ll be discussing in coming episodes, including types of genres, types of stories, dialogue, setting, point of view. We also talk about our own story preoccupations!