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A step-by-step guide to turn your ideas into captivating novels that readers love.
After publishing four fantasy novels and teaching 5,000+ writers in my live classes and self-paced courses, I’ve written this book to help you master the craft of plotting.
This book will help you decide exactly what events you should include in your novel. Unlike other methods, you won’t follow a rigid template that makes your characters act in a forced way. Instead, you’ll use 9-Point Plot Structure to build your characters and plot in unison, letting your story feel organic and cohesive.
Using this system, you will design clear plot points to work towards when you’re writing. You’ll also learn how to connect the gaps between these plot points, so that you never get stuck (especially in the middle of your story).
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Here's the 6-step plotting process you'll follow in this comprehensive guide:
1. Building your concept
First, you’ll understand what makes a great fantasy plot, and how to build your concept by developing your rough ideas into high-quality story material.
2. Character development
Next, you’ll learn how to build multi-dimensional characters that readers deeply care about. You’ll also learn how to develop their motivations to drive your plot in an organic, natural way.
3. Finding your story's core
Then, we’ll narrow in on the core of your story by distilling it into a 1-sentence premise and identifying your theme. This will give you tremendous clarity to know exactly what your story is about.
4. Designing your big-picture plot
Next, we’ll use 9-Point Plot Structure to build the big-picture roadmap of your story from start to finish. You’ll learn how this tool solves many common plotting issues – like not knowing what to do in the middle of your story.
5. Scene & chapter outline
Next, you’ll plan your individual scenes and chapters. By building this plan, you’ll gain full clarity into how your plot works from start to finish. You’ll use this to spot possible issues before you start writing, saving you a lot of headaches.
6. Plot enhancers
Finally, you’ll learn how to apply various Plot Enhancers (subplots, sideplots, suspense, and twists) to improve your story even further. You’ll also see how to adapt our plotting system to write a fantasy series.
By the end of this book, you'll know how to:
- Develop and understand your characters — so that you know exactly what they should do in your story.
- Build meaningful conflict to keep readers hooked.
- Structure perfectly-paced scenes that work every single time.
- Design a complete story outline — so that you know your book works before you write a single word.
- Create emotionally resonant character arcs that make readers obsessed with your characters.
- Cohesively integrate your worldbuilding and theme with your characters and your plot.
- Master subplots, plot twists, and suspense to enhance your story even further.
- Plot a captivating fantasy series.
About the author
Jed Herne is a fantasy author from Perth, Western Australia. His published books include Fires of the Dead, Across the Broken Stars, The Thunder Heist, and Kingdom of Dragons. His interactive fantasy novel, Siege of Treboulain, was published by Choice of Games.
On his YouTube channel of 160,000+ subscribers, he’s made over 350 videos about the craft of fantasy writing. With over 14 million views, his videos have helped countless writers overcome their creative hurdles, improve their skills, and finish their books.
He’s also interviewed world-class fantasy authors like Joe Abercrombie, Christopher Ruocchio, John Gwynne, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and dozens more, allowing many writers to learn from these great storytellers.
Over 5000 writers have gone through his classes and programs — scroll down to see what they have said about their experience.
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Buy the book before the end of launch week for exclusive bonuses:
Plotting Your Fantasy Novel is now available for you to read!
If you order the book during launch week (ending at 10am on April 6th), you will get the following bonuses:
1. 30 Days to Better Fantasy Writing
This is an exclusive 76-page ebook that is designed to help you become 1% better as a writer every day. To do this, each day you will be given one specific principle to focus on improving.
This is not a book of writing prompts that tell you what to write about. Rather, you can apply the tips in this book to any story you’re working on.
2. 2-Hour Live Group Q&A with Jed Herne
During this live 2-hour video call, you can ask me any questions you have about writing!
If you can’t make it to the session live, you can pre-submit your questions, and the session will be recorded.
This session will run on Sunday 12th April, at 7am Perth time.
3. The chance to get 3x 1-on-1 coaching calls with Jed Herne
One writer who orders the book will be randomly selected to receive 3x 60-minute Story Coaching calls with me.
You’ll also get my in-depth editorial feedback on 10,000 words of your writing.
You will be able to use these calls and editing package at any time over the next 12 months.
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RELEASES ON 30th MARCH, 2026
A step-by-step guide to turn your ideas into captivating novels that readers love.
After publishing four fantasy novels and teaching 5,000+ writers in my live classes and self-paced courses, I’ve written this book to help you master the craft of plotting.
This book will help you decide exactly what events you should include in your novel. Unlike other methods, you won’t follow a rigid template that makes your characters act in a forced way. Instead, you’ll use 9-Point Plot Structure to build your characters and plot in unison, letting your story feel organic and cohesive.
Using this system, you will design clear plot points to work towards when you’re writing. You’ll also learn how to connect the gaps between these plot points, so that you never get stuck (especially in the middle of your story).
The book releases on 24th March, 2026. There will be exclusive bonuses for all readers who order during launch week (more details down below).
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Plotting Your Fantasy Novel will release on 30th March, 2026.
If you order the book during launch week (from the 30th March – 5th April), you will get the following bonuses:
- An exclusive 2-hour live group Q & A with Jed Herne, where you can ask him any questions you have about writing. If you can’t make it to the session live, you can pre-submit your questions, and the session will be recorded. This session will run on Sunday 12th April, at 7am Perth time.
- 30 Days to Better Fantasy Writing: an exclusive ebook that gives you one daily tip to improve your writing over 30 days. Each tip only takes a few minutes to read and provides a key area to focus on during each day’s writing session.
Plus, one writer who orders the book will be randomly selected to receive 3x 60-minute Story Coaching calls with Jed Herne, along with Jed’s in-depth editorial feedback on 10,000 words of your writing (valued at $3,000).
These bonuses are only available if you order during launch week.
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A step-by-step guide to turn your ideas into captivating novels that readers love.
This book will give you a proven plotting system so that you can write a fantasy novel that grips readers from start to finish.
Before I learned this plotting system, I struggled to write my first book for five years. But after learning this system, I’ve now published four fantasy novels and helped thousands of other writers bring their stories to life.
Knowing how to build a great plot is the key skill that seperates struggling writers from successful ones. After learning the plotting system contained in this book, you’ll find it effortless to tell stories that make you proud.