Save The Cat Beat Sheet Is Kicking My You Know What

Ugh… I’m not feeling this plotting stuff anymore.  I’m having to rework so much of the novel…  It’s getting longer and longer.  It has more than double from the original.

But… Alas, It does help improve the novel.

P.S.  Did I say that Save the Cat is whipping my… ^&*!?

Plotting Methods Used

I’ve used three plotting methods…

Simple Plot Outline…

https://jerichowriters.com/how-to-plot/

Character, Status Quo, Motivation, Initiating Incident, Developments, Crisis, and Resolution

Three-Act Structure

https://blog.reedsy.com/three-act-structure/

Act One: Opening Scene, Setup, Inciting Incident, Call to Action

Act Two (Part I): The Choice, Rising Action/Mounting Problems. Mid Point/Reversal

Act Two (Part II): More Troubles, Disaster, Turning Point

Act Three: Plan/Resolve, Climax, Denouement

Save the Cat Writes a Novel

https://www.savannahgilbo.com/blog/plotting-save-the-cat

Opening Image/Theme Stated/Setup/Catalyst/Debate/Break Into Two/B Story/Fun & Games/Midpoint/Bad Guys Close In/All is Lost/dark Knight of the Soul/Break Into Three/Finale/Final Image

Save the Cat Beat Sheet it is…

Plotting Like a Mad Woman

I’ve been plotting the whole day.  I must have been crazy.  I’ve never used the plotting method before.  I’ve just done an outline and went with the basic story structure… Beginning, Middle, End.

I decided to be different this time.  Not sure which plotting method to use.  There are too many.  Since I’ve read Save the Cat Writes a Novel, I should use that method.  I don’t even know.

So much has changed from the inception of the original form of GOSSIP.  It’s so very different now.  I feel good, thought.

Preptober Prompt: Themes & Motifs in the Novel

The themes in the novel are interesting.  I had to do some thinking about them.

They are:

Good versus Evil

To Gossip versus to Not Gossip

Courage and Perseverance

The Push to Stop Sinning

Revenge

Here’s some motifs in the novel:

Darkness versus Light

The Hazards of Gossip

The Power of Words

Self (inner struggles)

(Motif is an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work.)

One More Time...

After talking to a focus group, I've decided to change my cover based on their input.
Here it is y'all...

P.S.  I'm not changing it again. :)