Length: 1 page per major character, ½ page for other important charactersĮxpand each paragraph from step 4 into a page to create an outline. Write a paragraph of description of each character, then write a paragraph of synopsis from the character’s point of view. Expand each sentence to a full paragraph to create a skeleton of the novel. Go back to the paragraph you wrote in step 2. Finally write a one-paragraph summary of the character’s storyline. Include a one-sentence summary of their storyline, their motivation (what do they want abstractly?), their goal (what do they want concretely?), their conflict (what stops them reaching this goal?) and what they will learn or how they will change by the end of the book. Write a character summary for each major character. Write a one sentence summary of your story.Įxpand your sentence to a paragraph outlining the story set-up, three major turning points (end of act one, midpoint and end of act two) and how the novel ends.
You can find the original method created by Randy Ingermanson and a lot more detail here. Why ‘snowflake’? Because the idea is that you build up your plan, each step building on the last, as simple ice crystals build to the complexity of a snowflake.
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