Have you been thinking about penning down a gripping story or churning out a riveting screen play? Are you losing sleep thinking that the story you penned might turn out to be a dud? Dont worry, all writers have misgivings about the content they knock out. But, did you know that most of the successful playwrights apply strategies, formulas and techniques to their stories. If you dont know about these yet, then you should get to know some of these tricks used popularly by writers. With these handy tools, coming out with a good plot will become a matter of adept planning, strategic thinking and application of the right techniques. Here are some things that fiction writers should know: Powerful strategies and systematic approaches help immensely to design a chart busting plot. You dont have to be a wiz and know everything. Start simple and adopt basic practices like planning in advance and outlining before you start to write. Always remember that the first draft will come out bad. But, never make the first draft your final one. Treat it as a brain dump and work on it till it acquires complexity and depth. Ask yourself oodles of questions about the events that occur in your story and also about its characters. This will help you develop multiple perspectives and viewpoints. Give the story a background, design the characters profoundly and define a specific time period for the plot. In essence, just get into the details and round up all the facts as precisely as you can. There are many techniques like these which can help writers to get into the story and scoop out interesting details. You can try writing a diary for a character, think how they would ideally go about a typical day in their lives or adopt the therapist couch policy to get into their mind. Applying such tactics gets your creativity flowing and helps you to build a compelling story. Apart from such routine tricks and tactics, you can even apply in-depth formulae used in the screen writing industry. For example, the Syd Field formula, which tells you how to build a story around the main protagonist and antagonist. Or, outlining and sequencing a story and filling the blanks between events to give it a punch. Hence, there are many techniques you can use to whip out a hot selling plot. Also, many books and tutorials are available which can help you learn these screen writing tactics. You can consult my ebook available on amazon - How to write a novel in 10 days or less - to know more strategies like these. Amy Bates has written several ebooks for children. Check out her amazon page. The ebook How to write your novel in 10 days or less is available for FREE TODAY. Click here http://amzn.to/SXfBsX to grab a copy.