http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/09/14/25-ways-to-plot-plan-and-prep-your-story/
Great stuff from writer Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig on Twitter). Good and fun advice on ways you can and should plot your screenplay or novel.
Just one part:
A Series of Sequences
The saying goes that an average screenplay usually offers up eight or nine sequences (a sequence being a series of scenes that add together to form common narrative purpose, like, say, the Attack On The Death Star sequence from Star Wars or the Kevin James Makes Love To All The Animals In Order To Make The Audience Feel Shame sequence from Paul Blart, Zoo Abortion). So, chart the sequences that will go into your screenplay. If you’re writing prose, I don’t know how many sequences a novel should have — more than a film, probably (or alternately, each sequence is granted a greater conglomeration of scenes).
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