How does one create plots? I don’t think they come out of thin air.

Like all of you, I’ve spent my entire life figuring out just what it is I like and don’t like about … everything. And we’ve all come to different conclusions.

Now we’re left with experiences, very specific tastes, and loads of memories. I believe writing is an opportunity to share all those moments that stuck with us. Not just the moments in real life, but improvements on our favorite moments in stories, too.

Whether we’re spending time alone with our thoughts or experiencing life at its fullest, we’re cultivating our tastes which govern what kind of foods we like, what hobbies we enjoy, and even how we decide what we’d like to be when we grow up.

If that hobby or profession happens to be “writer” (yay!), that same thought process determines what genre we’d most like to write in. And that same thought process is at the very root of what happens and exists in our stories.

Most importantly, everything that makes you “you” is so unique, nobody else will ever write the stories in your head. So it’s up to YOU to save them from oblivion! :)
(Uh, you can either look at that statement as a heroic calling or a morbid race against death, lol.)

So I needed to create a plot. I have many memories, experiences, and tastes to draw upon. But if I try to cram everything I love into a single story, it’ll be a cluttered mess! Decisions have to be made somewhere.

While I’m sorting out all those files I mentioned in the last post, I’ll try to show you a little bit of my plot creation process in the next few days.

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