ScriptEventsCompetitionsFree DownloadsSubscribeShop
Online Writing Workshops
Write Better FictionWrite Better NonfictionWrite Better PoetryGet PublishedBe InspiredWD CompetitionsResources

How To Write Plot

Write Better FictionThis Changes Everything

Author Ran Walker discusses five steps to approach writing your story’s inciting incident in this article from the July/Aug 2023 issue of Writer’s Digest.

Ran Walker
Write Better Fiction8 Tips for Plotting a Great Heist Novel (or How to Be a Thief)Sara Desai
Writing Techniques5 Things to Know When Writing About the Music IndustryAshley M. Coleman
Write Better Fiction10 Questions to Ask Yourself for an Airtight PlotBoyd and Beth Morrison
Write Better FictionWriting Mistakes Writers Make: Ignoring Your WeaknessesMichael Woodson

Newsletter

Subscribe directly from us by clicking this link

Newsletter

© 2025 Active Interest Media All rights reserved.

About UsTerms of ServicePrivacy PolicyActive Interest MediaScriptMag.comDigital Editions2nd Draft CritiquesWebinarsTutorialsWD UniversityWriter's Digest ShopNovel Writing ConferenceWriter's Digest Annual ConferenceCompetitionsGive a Gift SubscriptionMedia KitBack IssuesCurrent IssueCustomer ServiceRenew a subscriptionSubscribeAdvertise With UsWrite For UsMeet UsSite Map
Antique TraderArts & Crafts HomesBank Note ReporterCabin LifeCuisine at HomeFine GardeningFine HomebuildingFine WoodworkingGreen Building AdvisorGarden GateKeep Craft AliveLog Home Living

Military Trader/VehiclesNumismatic News/VehiclesNumismasterOld Cars WeeklyOld House JournalPeriod HomesPopular WoodworkingScriptShopNotesSports Collectors DigestThreadsTimber Home LivingTraditional Building

WoodsmithWoodshop NewsWorld Coin NewsWriter's Digest
;