Looking to publish a bestselling novel out of this story generator?
It’s elusive, it’s shy, it’s frustratingly changeable, and it abandons you completely during a writer’s drought — it’s the perfect story idea. But that’s why we built this story generator: to try and give writers everywhere a bit of a power-up. All of the plots that you score are yours to use! But what exactly can you do with it now?
If you’re wondering what’s the best way to construct a story out of the plot that you’ve just generated,
We’ve got you covered. Head to the free resources below to discover the writing world beyond story generators:
Stage Plot Creator; A Stage Plot is practically as it sounds, a plot of the stage. This is where you use a diagram to reflect where the band and equipment will be during your performance, and how the stage should be set up to reflect this.
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How to Structure a Novel Before You Write It. In this Reedsy Live video, NYT bestselling author Caroline Leavitt talks about plot structure — and a simple way to go about it.
How to Plot a Novel Using the 3-Act Story Structure. Kristen Kieffer, founder of Well-Storied.com, walks you step-by-step through one of the most popular story structures in this free 10-day course.
What is a Narrative Arc? Learn the intricacies of building a narrative arc, and how to attain a good beginning, middle, and end to your story in this blog post.
- → Realistic images usually create a busy and hard to follow stage plot. → The more organized the information, the easier it is to understand. → Using basic shapes for everything on the plot will aide in the readability of your plot. → Using symbols and icons for common things like D.I.s, microphones and power drops help keep the stage.
- Easily create accurate, complete, professional stage plots. All a stage manager or sound engineer needs on one page, including stage layout, input list and monitor mixes.
- Stage Plot Maker helps you build clear, readable stage plots to communicate your band's technical requirements to a sound engineer. You can build a collection of stage plots for different kinds of gigs, then print or email them directly from your mobile device. A tablet is recommended for building stage plots.
If you’re still in the search for the perfect plot,
There are plenty of other plot generators and plot twist generators to provide more bursts of inspiration. Here are some of our favorite story generators on the Internet:
If you’ve got everything but your story title and character names in place,
Why not give our Book Title Generator and Character Name Generator a whirl?
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And if you now feel ready to start building your story now? Great 👍 Happy writing. We’d be delighted if you dropped us the success story at service@reedsy.com!
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No it’s not a book by Irving Welch about Scottish drug addicts, but it can be just as difficult to understand their language.
Stage plots seem to have become some sort of interpretive art form. There seems to be very few standards in how they are executed. Stage plots can help all involved to have a clear blueprint of the show. It’s should be designed to be clear and direct.
→ A way to verify the most resent version of your stage plot.
→A date or version number usually does the trick.
→A “legend” box for any symbols/icons you will use on your stage plot.
→Stage dimensions
→Distance between risers and downstage edge or mic stands for lead players.
→Distance between risers
→Riser position, equipment on riser, player on riser and whether or not the riser needs wheels.
→Format riser dimensions to be clear (example 8’x8’+12”).
→When renting risers order heights in 6” increments and note them in inches.
→The lowest height is going to be 6 inches.
→Remember riser sections are almost always 4’x8’ in the US.
→Player positions.
→Microphone positions and number for input list.
→Note upper and lower keyboards with stands in the correct position.
→Note stacked or side by side speakers for guitar and bass.
→Placement of D.I.s
→Power and stage box drop positions.
→Note monitor placement and number for send on input list.
There are plenty of options when it comes to how you create your stage plot including some free online drawing tools like Google Drawings or Google Sketch Up ( a search for an online drawing tool will render many results). If you have access to Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint you can create basic shapes and add text inside these programs. If you’re old fashioned, use a ruler and a pen. Personally I find Adobe Illustrator to be my favorite tool for stage plots, BUT its a little pricey if this is all you will use it for.
→ Realistic images usually create a busy and hard to follow stage plot.
→The more organized the information, the easier it is to understand.
→Using basic shapes for everything on the plot will aide in the readability of your plot.
→Using symbols and icons for common things like D.I.s, microphones and power drops help keep the stage plot clean.
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→Avoid cartoon pictures of people and instruments, this causes clutter and makes the plot harder to follow.
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→Don’t forget A “legend” box for any symbols/icons you will use on your stage plot.
→Dress up the plot to suit yourself, but remember