The differences between external and internal plot seem simple enough on the surface, but can trip up many writers. Once you get digging into your project, it’s easy to confuse the two or become uncertain where one begins and the other ends. Hopefully, I’ll be able to clear that up for you by the end of this article. External Plot Think of this as the “shell” or “skeleton” of your story. These are the bare-bones events that are either going to run up against what your hero “w
