{"id":5156,"date":"2020-12-30T16:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=5156"},"modified":"2021-01-06T11:39:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T06:09:16","slug":"author-resources-books-plot-writing-fiction-plottr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/30\/author-resources-books-plot-writing-fiction-plottr\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Resources: Get Your Novel Plot Perfect with Plottr \ud83d\udcd9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plottr.com\/\">Plottr<\/a> is a simple and fun-to-use drag and drop story development tool developed by Ryan Zee and Cameron Sutter.<\/p>\n<h2>Six Ways Plottr Helps You Create a Story<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Helps arrange chapters, plotlines, scenes and character arcs.<\/li>\n<li>Generates an outline based on the visual story cards.<\/li>\n<li>Helps generate character and setting templates<\/li>\n<li>Provides interesting templates to plan your hero\u2019s journey.<\/li>\n<li>Exports to Word and soon to Scrivener<\/li>\n<li>Autosaves data so you don&#8217;t have to worry about losing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b2808 uael-heading-fill-color elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-advanced-heading\" data-id=\"58b2808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"uael-advanced-heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"uael-module-content uael-heading-wrapper\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: 900;\">How to Use Plotter- It&#8217;s Easy!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Plottr is easy to use. You need to download Plottr and install it on your PC. Once you do this there is a 30 day free trial period.<\/p>\n<p>You can go to the tour project to get a sense of how to navigate around the site.<\/p>\n<p>First, you go to the File tab and create a new project.<\/p>\n<p>Then go to the Timeline which is the centerpiece of this app. There you can visually create color-coded plot and subplot arcs.<\/p>\n<p>You can filter cards by characters, places, and tags and also flip the timeline. Different perspectives of the storyline help in crafting the overall fiction.<\/p>\n<p>The interface is not complicated at all. Here we created a story plot of Cinderella and evil roomie. The interface is not complicated at all, as you can see below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5244\" style=\"width: 1252px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5244\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/30\/author-resources-books-plot-writing-fiction-plottr\/plot1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/plot1.jpg?fit=1252%2C431&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1252,431\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"plot1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Plottr Timeline &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/plot1.jpg?fit=300%2C103&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/plot1.jpg?fit=840%2C290&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5244 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/plot1.jpg?resize=840%2C289&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Screengrab of the Plottr interface, showing various plot points in interlinked and color-coded boxes\" width=\"840\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/plot1.jpg?w=1252&amp;ssl=1 1252w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/plot1.jpg?resize=300%2C103&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/plot1.jpg?resize=1024%2C353&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/plot1.jpg?resize=768%2C264&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/plot1.jpg?resize=1200%2C413&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A quick look into Plottr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Plottr: Recommended or Not?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, yes, yes! Especially for the unique templates available and ease of use.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for professional help to make your manuscript error-free and take it to next level? Check out our copy editing and proofreading services.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-transparent\" href=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/editing-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn More.<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-red\" href=\"https:\/\/publish.pothi.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Talk to Us Today!<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plottr is a simple and fun-to-use drag and drop story development tool developed by Ryan Zee and Cameron Sutter. Six Ways Plottr Helps You Create a Story Helps arrange chapters, plotlines, scenes and character arcs. Generates an outline based on the visual story cards. Helps generate character and setting templates Provides interesting templates to plan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/30\/author-resources-books-plot-writing-fiction-plottr\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Author Resources: Get Your Novel Plot Perfect with Plottr \ud83d\udcd9&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[395,20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Copy-of-Copy-of-prowriting-aid.png?fit=2240%2C1260&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7vAZr-1la","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5380,"url":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/28\/creativity-organizer-ideation-milanote\/","url_meta":{"origin":5156,"position":0},"title":"Author Resource: Get More Creative Mileage With Milanote \ud83d\uddd2\ufe0f","date":"May 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Milanote is used by creatives to jot down notes, ideas, inspirations, outlines and descriptions in a visual board kind of format. 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