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Multiple storylines exists in many texts and could possibly be used in most types of stories. The only place where they probably can't happen that easily would be in a first-person narrative. Multiple …

In my experience it goes both ways. Either you start with an outline and write chapters and scenes from it, or once you've written your first draft "by the seat of your pants" you might end up creati …

Use adhesive. Adhesive is a bond between the protagonist(s) and antagonist(s) that binds them together in such a way that they cannot just get up and leave the conflict/story. James Scott Bell discuss …

If the Lie is true, then it's not really a Lie, is it? So you probably have some problems to solve... The Lie is part of your character's journey or arc so it actually needs to be a lie for it to do i …

If your book has a complex plot with many twists (e.g. books in the crime/thriller genre), outlining the story first might be better to avoid having to throw so much away due to logic holes. …

Because you want the three acts, the plot points and all the other things that make the story into a whole. … The Snowflake method has the potential to have a sub plot for each character, although that would be a bit much. …

And it could be argued that it is the most important plot point in your story, at least for some aspects. K. M. Weiland calls the midpoint a second inciting event. …

I'm writing something similar to what you describe (a "War of Worlds" in a SciFi setting with a horrific number of characters, plots, cultures, and locations). With the risk of being a bit off topic, …

I'd go with a double (or triple?) con and a play showing you know all about the train heist trope. If your heroine has an antagonist or someone she needs to get rid of, have her plan the whole train …

You should, however, as I will get into below, have well-developed characters, plot, and theme to make the story work. … Character, Plot, Theme The three elements character, plot, and theme are among the more important in a story. …

How about changing the plot? … Instead of having a plot where your character sneaks around in the shadows, make it necessary for the protagonist and antagonist to interact, perhaps through infiltration or a con? …

Maybe the main plot isn't the main plot? You've noticed that your main plot seems thin. Maybe it's not the main plot? Maybe the secondary plot is the main plot and the main plot is secondary? … External plot vs internal plot I'd also like to mention Witness. (Check it out if you haven't.) What's the main plot here? Amish romance or a bad cop trying to silence a witness? …

I think most authors (and other creatives) use life as inspiration... and dreams are part of life... So what creatives usually do is to pay attention to their imagination, in dreams or reality, note i …

Make it attractive to the reader Story structure is a tool for making the novel and the plot move along and to make it attractive to the reader. … Middle acts that feel long or boring (some call them sagging middles) usually feel that way because character and plot development isn't optimal. …

Not at all. The other way to go is to use character development instead. For instance, give your main character several more or less obvious emotional wounds and then deal with them in turn throughout …