Writing A Plot Is Photography

I’ve written and published a few plots now! If you have been a regular reader of The Scribbled Writings, you will name it as – Ananya series, or the Shravya + Vishal series.

And one question that I always hear from my readers is,

How to write compelling plots or stories?
Are they fictional or based out of personal experiences?

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Well if these are your questions too, let me tell you, most of my write-ups are from own or known experiences. Putting myself in the role of the person who is experiencing the situations and writing a story around it. Sometimes the drive to write a plot is drawn from the nature around me – birds, friends, strangers, situations, things etc.

Writing a plot can be exciting. This is how I do – What do you see in this picture?

Mystic purple skies and blue waves rushing towards the shore. The breeze was carrying the fragrance of the salty sea.

And there I was, standing, waiting for a wave, a breeze that carried her name. Slowly the breeze sliding through the sleeves and sending you chills down the spine. I skimmed through the beach to find this frame.

Think about it – just the picture! Different people will have a different perspective.

Three people are sitting on the beach. The couple on the left, having a conversation with physical gestures. Seemed like annoyance, regret and hatred looming over their relationship. The person on the right appeared to be a person who has lost a loved one. Precisely, a possible future of the couple on the left. Or he seems like a person who is a writer looking for some inspiration to write a new story. Perhaps, he is just a nature seeker trying to enjoy his leisure time. Two different stories running in parallel.

This is just a phase of a story. And then you can build on a castle of stories, with characters, emotions and of course, great endings. Isn’t it interesting?

Writing plots are like blooming flowers. Every petal you unveil, brings a beautiful perspective to the complete flower.

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And that will, in turn, give the next piece of the story. It can give you a new perspective to think beyond the monotonous storyline.

Share your thoughts on how you write a story.