The planning tool for writers. Outline your story.

Most writers can say what their character wants. Fewer can say what their character needs. The gap between the two is where the story lives.

Your characters experience events in one order. The world has its own chronology. Keeping these separate is one of the harder parts of planning a complex story.

A subplot that doesn't connect to your main plot doesn't add dimension. It interrupts it. Here's what makes the difference.

The history behind your story is not backstory to be explained. It's weight to be felt.