I’ve finally cracked it; automatic plot structures are now transitioned from the spreadsheets over to Blot! I’ve launched four different plot structures for now:
- 3-act structure
- 4-act structure
- Save The Cat
- The Hero’s Journey
…but more will be coming soon!
Again, here’s an example of what that looks like (and no, I haven’t written much more, I’ve been building this!):
I’m a 4-act structure purist, so that’s what I’m working with, but all four options should work in the same way.
Remember, these automatic plot structures are guides only — if you have, for example, your Dark Night of the Soul a littler earlier or later (and your story demands it!) then that’s of course absolutely fine.
You’ll also find information about the plot structure as a whole when you click the ‘Structure Info’ button, and clicking on each plot element in the table will also display some information.
That’s the main change for today, but I’ve also:
- Retired the ability to set your own Act number at chapter level. I think with the Plot Structures page, it’s now redundant, and I want to keep chapter creation as simple as possible.
- Launched a load more Genres to choose from (let me know if you want me to add any more!)
- The Projects page now prompts you to click on a changed chapter status to save it.
- I’ve made it clearer that editing chapter word counts on the Project page doesn’t log new words — use the + Words button for this!