Plot the whole story, then write it.
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Start a board, freeNovel: The Lighthouse
People

Mara's cabin
Arrives in chapter 2 with the wrong map and a reason to stay.
Plot
The keeper's daughter. Wants to leave, can't say why.
The light was never broken. Someone turns it off.
Chapters
Chapter 3: The night it went dark
The lamp was cold when Mara reached the top. Below, the boats were still out, and somebody had left the door open…
3,120 words

the feast
Your whole story in view.
The Lighthouse: cast
The keeper's daughter. Wants to leave, can't say why.
Arrives with the wrong map and a reason to stay.
Knows what happened in 1962. Won't say.
Mara turned the light off.
A card for every character.
Who they are, what they want, what they're hiding. Colour them by storyline and group them under handwritten headings.
The light goes out in the storm.
Theo finds the torn logbook page.
Old Ivar finally talks.
Mara leaves. The light stays on.
Threads that hold.
Link the twist to what set it up, the scene to the one it pays off. A labelled arrow is a thread you won't lose.
From the plan to the page.
Chapter 3: Dark
The lamp was cold when Mara reached the top. Below, the boats were still out…
3,120 words
Chapter 3: Dark
The lamp was cold when Mara reached the top. Below, the boats were still out, and somebody had left the door open.1
Notes to self
Don't explain the light yet. Let Theo notice first.
1. Tide tables, March 1962.
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Chapters on the board.
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Up at seven, revise before class.
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