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15 Tips How-to Write a Novel with a Blockbuster Plot

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BLOCKBUSTER Begin by knowing who protagonist is at the climaxLocate what your story says about life, the deeper meaning. For PB, the take-awayOpen with a character minus the skills, strengths & abilities needed at the climaxCommit to the primary plot of your storyKnow who carries the emotional weight of your story, the heartBreak your story into ¼ The Beginning, ½ The Middle, ¼ The EndUse the protagonist’s flaw to interfere with reaching her goalStart at the end and plot your way …

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Plot the Climax, Write the Climax, Re-Vision the Climax and Then Re-Write the Climax of Your Story

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I love her confidence and energy and enthusiasm. She captures ideas and events and scenes from a vivid imagination, pins them into a beginning, middle and end, sets up a series of plot consultations with me, shares characters and goals and action until they shape themselves into a story with a plot ~ and what a plot she has!Last novel we did this way and she wrote from beginning to end is now in the hands of an agent who asked for the entire manuscript. Last novel took 4 two-hour sessions to …

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Plot for Middle Grade and Young Adult Stories: Plot Your Story Scene-by-Scene to Emotionally Engage Your Readers

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The handout below is from a plot talk at the recent San Francisco Writer's Conference: Plot for Middle Grade and Young Adult Stories: Plot Your Story Scene-by-Scene to Emotionally Engage Your Readers.I share points that serve writers of all genres and for all ages again now in honor of the plot workshops I'm teaching in Los Angeles this weekend. The Society of Children Book Writers and Illustrators known as SCBWI hosts LA Writers' Days this weekend: Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, the 23rd. They …

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How to Draw the Universal Story Line

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A writer's difficulty drawing a Plot Planner line inspires this post. The first time we met at a plot workshop/retreat, literary agent Jill Corcoran asked me to draw the line for her. Her enthusiastic endorsement of my linear approach to a creative process later led to the Plot Whisperer books.Writers who have been showing up weekly for the past ten weeks as part of the Plot from Beginning to End Series have begun sharing plot planners. One writer is waiting for her physicist husband to draw the …

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Writer Path’s First Annual Deep Plot & Scene Retreat

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I no longer remember which idea came first, the writer's retreat? I think we first talked about collaborating on a plot and scene book. Out of that came a contract from Writers Digest for DEEP SCENES: Plotting Your Story, Scene-by-Scene Through Action, Emotion and Theme. Writer Path's First Annual Deep Plot and Scene Retreat with Martha Alderson and Jordan Rosenfeld came next.Your story deserves to be told. Your writer's soul needs to be nourished. From Friday, May 30th to Sunday June 1st, 2014, …

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