I have a general premise, some story elements and some world building.
The premise is: A young person is a part of an order that protects people from all kinds of threats you would expect in a fantasy (conspiracies, evil creatures, oppressive rulers,...). He joins a special school to learn how to fight. But what if those threats start to act while he is still in the school and in order to face them he has to join forces with few students who have their own reasons to fight?
The story is intended for adults but in some ways, I suppose my premise might resemble Harry Potter books. And while that may be insightful, I don't really know how to make the plot out of it. It would be stupid if it was completely linear: "Protagonist joins the school, the villains cause problems, protagonist gathers a team, the team beats the villains". But at the same time I don't know how to construct a story that combines different elements in an interesting way.
What would be a good way to approach this problem?
The premise is: A young person is a part of an order that protects people from all kinds of threats you would expect in a fantasy (conspiracies, evil creatures, oppressive rulers,...). He joins a special school to learn how to fight. But what if those threats start to act while he is still in the school and in order to face them he has to join forces with few students who have their own reasons to fight?
The story is intended for adults but in some ways, I suppose my premise might resemble Harry Potter books. And while that may be insightful, I don't really know how to make the plot out of it. It would be stupid if it was completely linear: "Protagonist joins the school, the villains cause problems, protagonist gathers a team, the team beats the villains". But at the same time I don't know how to construct a story that combines different elements in an interesting way.
What would be a good way to approach this problem?