Beats, outlining, tropes, story logic, and narrative cohesion. Plot & Story Structure is the blueprint of your narrative. It's the place to shape the bones that hold your story together. Use this category to dig into beats, outlines, pacing arcs, trope execution, and the overall logic that keeps your plot cohesive and compelling. Share your scene maps, story questions, structural challenges, or breakthroughs in flow and tension. Whether you’re weaving a tight thriller, building a sweeping romance arc, or experimenting with nonlinear storytelling, this is where you refine the framework that turns ideas into a powerful, well-crafted story. This post is for information only. Please start a new post for discussion purposesusing this category.