*This part will more likely be a basic formulation of a plot.

Okay, so let us assume that you have finally thought of a plot in mind, these are some things that you MIGHT as well keep in mind before and while writing:

1.       Recognize which genre you are about to write. Is the plot an inspirational one? Is it a children’s story? A fantasy, probably? Or maybe a dark, twisted story about a psychopath next door? Whatever genre it is, you should recognize it and make sure that you don’t lose its color – the emotions of the characters included, the plot itself, the places.

2.       Outline your plot. Whether in your mind, if you have a very outstanding memory, or in a piece of paper or notebook – outline the plot. It gives you a sense of direction towards your story. Outline it from the start, the conflicts, the , resolution, and ending. You can label it like scene 1, scene 2/ chapter 1, chapter 2.

3.       Make sure that your story has a foundation. It can’t just be that your characters started to fight without a good reason, or a family gets separated without implying the cause. Whatever story you are to tell, always make sure that there is the ground surface, the root of all that’s going to happen soon. In this way, you won’t feel blocked writing your story.

4.       Additional scenes that aren’t really planned are very much welcome. As long as they are connected and somehow would give justice to your formulated story, it is very fine. Most of the times, I add additional scenes. What I have in my mind at first is the sole plot – the story as a whole only – ex. Raelynn’s parents got murdered when she was a child, and she decided to plot revenge against the people who killed them by tricking them and marrying the son of the possible killer, luring him to her trap. Period. Then I thought of what will happen in sequence before I start writing the story. (Of course I have some possible endings that I can’t say here.) The slanted sentence can be a foundation. Then as I write, additional scenes pop out of my mind and I tend to add them to every chapter.

5.       Proofread. It’s always a guideline, a tip. Proofreading is needed specially if you want your story to look presentable – you’ll be able to spot wrong spellings, grammatical errors that you have encountered while typing. And you might be able to contemplate on more additional, relevant scenes that can be added.

*That’s it! Those are some guidelines that I can give you. They’re not all that I can give since I find the other things I do hard to put this way, but I hope this helped! I’m not an expert in writing, these are just some things that I tend to do while writing. Hope if helps! Next up might be Point of Views or Characters!