Lakin C.S. Layer Your Novel: The Innovative Method for Plotting Your Scenes

London: Ubiquitous Press, 2016. — 226 p.Writing a terrific novel is a complex endeavor. And while there are hundreds of books, podcasts, and blog posts that teach aspiring authors how to structure scenes and plot out a solid story, none implement the most intuitive and effective method for success.What is that method?Layering.
Novels are made up of dozens of scenes, and regardless of genre, time-tested structure dictates what key scenes are needed and where. Most writers are familiar with some of those scenes: the Inciting Incident, the Midpoint, and the Climax, to name a few.But novelists need more than a few landmarks to find their way across the tricky terrain of novel plotting.They need a surefire method to organizing all their scenes.In Layer Your Novel, you’ll be introduced to an innovative, intuitive method for arranging your scenes and crafting a beautifully structured story.First, you construct the ten most important scenes as a foundation.From there, you choose from one of three methods to craft a second layer of scenes: the action-reaction layer, the subplot layer, or the romance layer.Once your second layer is integrated, next comes the third layer: the processing scenes that the glue your plot together.In Layer Your Novel, you’ll learn:— What the 5 major turning points are and where they’re placed in your novel
— How to know exactly where to start your story and how to set up your premise
— What the ten key scenes are that serve as the framework for your novel
— What pinch points are and why you need them
— How to craft those essential twists and where they’re placed in your story for greatest impact
— Why your protagonist’s goal is the key to great storytelling
— How to come up with a meaningful subplot that will showcase your story’s themes
— How a romance novel is structured and how to plot out the romance story line
— How to analyze best sellers in your genre to identify and learn from the layers evident in their plots
— How to apply this layering method to novellas