I have mentioned before in this website that you should plan before you write. The plot is like the plan. The plan for the conflict in your story, how your characters act, and the scenes in your book. If you want a captivating, powerful book, you need to first create the plot and to create the plot, you need ask yourself those questions.
Step 1
Define the characters: Name, personality, likes and dislikes.
Step 2
Establish the book’s conflicts and the character’s personal issues.
Step 3
Now, find the what the characters are trying to acheive.
Step 4
Now, put that all into one document, describing everything
Below is a plot creator. It should help start your story with an amusing, dramatic, or silly introduction. All you need is a die or you can simply use based on what your story to be like.
A wild
A fun
A constantly grumbling
A clever, witty
A happy
An outraged
elephant
lion
storybook character
pumpkin
tomato
onion
chatted with a
woke up inside of a
persued
provoked
suspiciously eyed the
slipped on a banana and fell on a
blanket
piano and caused a lot of noise
book
cottage
black sedan with tinted windows
USB
"The night was dark, and the wind howled in warning. Too late of a warning, however, for (character) had no idea (he/she) was soon to be in great danger."