While there are many different ways to plot, you might find it useful to use different forms to keep track of your work.  These forms are offered for your use and you may copy the pages into a Word document to fill out for every book or you may print them out in pdf form. They are geared at helping you get to keep track of your plot. Feel free to shorten or lengthen them into forms that work for your purpose.

The plot points page gives you an opportunity to keep track of various events and the chapter where the scenes occur. You know the things you need to have happen in your story, and this provides a way to keep a listing of their order.

The plotting timeline provides a way to keep track of the days during your story. It is basically a calendar and you fill in the day or dates. Sometimes this can help as you plot when events occur during your story. Was the killing last Tuesday? How long has it been since your heroine left home? One week? Two? This form can help you set down concrete points of time.

The story board form is similar to the plot points, except you can use it to keep track of emotional and action events and make certain you are mixing them in to improve your pacing. You can also use it to keep track of turning points. Many authors will use a story board to made certain they put in enough turning points. At the end of each line they include an event or turning point that completely turns the plot in a new direction.

The scene by scene pages should be printed out and cut in half. They will allow you to make certain that the scene is necessary and if you cut them up and arrange and re-arrange them you can see the flow of your book. By placing them in order you can then start building your story board or use them to build a plot timeline.

Each form is available in pdf form.