Mihir Jichkar asked Falguni Kothari:

How do you exactly write; I mean getting the plot, the subplots and the timeline, how do you get it all clearly organised? And how do you, you know in the overall sense, prepare that amazing storyboard of yours?

Falguni Kothari Hello! Thanks for the question. In answer to it, my story-telling process has evolved...rather it evolves from book to book. With my first two novels I did not plot at all. As they were romance, I knew that the beginning of the book would be the couple meeting and by the end of the book they will have resolved their differences or issues to come together permanently. I filled in the pages in between by understanding my characters, their motivations and their life journey.
With my fantasy novel/ series it gets a bit trickier. I have used existing mythological characters from the Mahabharata and the Vedas, giving them a Part 2 by throwing a twist in their existing classical myths.
With my women's fiction novels, my plots are deeply character-driven. Again, I start with the character/s. Who are they? What do they want? Where do they live? What makes them who they are? By answering these questions I build a storyboard of their lives and then I write their story.
As to organization, I keep a word file for timeline and sort of loosely plot each scene right before I write it.
Hope that answers your question :)

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