Three Questions

I found these in an article by Steven James, and I am using them every day and finding them extremely useful as I formulate each chapter:

  1. What would this character naturally do in this situation?
  2. How can I make things worse?
  3. How can I end this in a way that’s unexpected and inevitable?

Especially, how can I make things worse?

This might be all you need to make a plot.

Source: “The 3 questions that will solve every ‘Plot Problem’ you’ll ever have,” Steven James at writersdigest.com.

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Author: janelake

Published author of five novels of romantic suspense. There's always sex in my stories, and there's always a dead body somewhere along the line.

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