What do you think, guys? I think they look pretty good. I like both. That's the dilemma.

I've spent several hours of my life searching for the planning methods of big web novel authors, and it surprised me how few of them are out there.

I guess they don't want to share their secret formulas.

I'm just a beginner. I've only written around one thousand words across all my unpublished works.

But I think even advice from me can be helpful.

So I'll begin.

Before explaining, here's an example:

- Hielo asks the Baron to go to the revision at Merc Dora's house.
Pace: Rising Action
- The Baron allows him to do it.
- Hielo waits for Rebecca at the entrance, tells her that if her husband has any poison, to throw it away. The guards are still getting ready.
- He joins the marshal and the guards.
- The marshal doesn't want him there. #Input #no_poison
- He tests Hielo's strength under the excuse of seeing if he can endure danger.

This above is what I call a "point". I made sure to upload it just as it was, so you can see the mess behind every writer.

A "point" is basically something that happens in the story. The indented elements are "subpoints" that I use to know the specific things that need to happen.

The "pace" section is how I classify my chapter into exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion. I always try to make my arcs follow that scheme.

The #input and #no_poison are elements that will pay off later in the story. I use them sometimes, but not always. I usually keep everything in my head.

Lastly, a single point is enough for me to write a 1500-word chapter, but it doesn't have to be that way. I don't force anything and allow each point to take as many words as it needs.

I always make sure to have four "points" planned in advance. So whenever I write a chapter, I write until I refill the plot points I used.

Process

But how do I decide what will happen in my story? What do my points need to be to create a good story?

I still don't know. My story is inspired by Classroom of the Elite, so I always try to make the next point the most logical continuation of the previous one.

When writing a chapter, I use a sticky note with the "points" I've planned to guide me. But there are a lot of things that arise while I'm writing, and things that change.

The point I shared took place in chapter 13. If you read it, you will notice what I mean.

As I write, I always keep in my head all the things that have happened and how each character would logically act according to them.

Conclusion

My web novel is inspired by Classroom of the Elite. That means it needs a good structure to make the manipulation, strategies, and clues make sense.

I consider my method lightweight and simple, but so far I think the arcs I've written have turned out to be good.

My story should be launched around the time I post this. If you want to check it out and support me, you can follow it and leave a review:
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/164864/raised-by-demons

I know I'm not the most experienced writer, but if we hit 100 followers on Royal Road, I'll come back and make another post about my process of coming up with the idea for a story (or anything else you guys vote for in the comments).