How to Write Children's Fiction: Plot

Part 3 of 3

Creative writing has its jargon, like any other business, and I (mostly) find it deeply irritating. Some talk of “plotting” and - argh - “pantsing”, whilst I recently heard a word for something in between which, mercifully, I’ve forgotten. As far as I’m concerned, a plot’s a plot, and you just get down and work it out.

But it does help to think about w…