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Category Archives: Plotting

How to Plot a Mystery & Plant Clues

by Eva, in category Plotting, Story Scholar, The Making of a Gothic Novel

My mystery plot was just some scattered notebook notes until I tried this method. WATCH ON YOUTUBE In this video, I use: a mandala chart, the One Page Novel story structure, and a worksheet from my Manuscript at Midnight collection, to outline the mystery subplot of my dark academia novel.

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How to Read Your Life Like a Story

by Eva, in category Plotting, Story Scholar, The Writer's Life

☞ The cheatsheet in this video can be found in the Bestseller Over Breakfast collection. The Story Structure of Your Life – Transcript This is the one page story structure that I’ve been teaching for over a decade now. And over the years, I found that the real value of a story structure like this… Read More

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One Small Notebook

by Eva, in category Journalling, Plotting, The Writer's Life

As soon as I set eyes on the Traveler’s Company 20th anniversary card-size edition, I knew it would make the perfect notebook to collate all the One Page Novels I’m always working on. 😍

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Notion Template for NaNoWriMo Writers

by Eva, in category NaNoWriMo, Plotting

Here’s a simple, aesthetic Notion template for writers participating in NaNoWriMo. If you enjoy writing in Notion, you’re all set for the first of November. And if you prefer other writing software (Scrivener, perhaps?), you can use this template as a backup or tracking solution. Click here to view this Notion template. Then click “Duplicate”… Read More

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Your Novel Here

by Eva, in category Plotting
Story Circle Diagram

If your dream is to write a novel but… You don’t know where to start. You have trouble finishing stories you begin. You’re feeling discouraged by flat or unconvincing characters. You can’t seem to find a way to tie up loose ends. … would you like a simple story structure to follow? How about one… Read More

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