In honor of launching The Plot Whisperer Workshop Series for writers, we raffled off a free copy of The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories, the basis of the 4 four-week workshop intensives.In January 2014, literary agent Jill Corcoran brings her expertise in publishing and I bring what I know about plot. The program is powered by an innovative interactive video chat platform that allows you to participate with us directly--as though …
The “So-What” Test
"Does it pass the "so what" test? Do I really have something that's important enough to put down on paper? I want to get a handle on this plot and see if the plot's worth investing in."Difficult to answer until we proceed deeper into the consultation.She's frustrated because she's tried everything in the The Plot Whisperer books -- slapping up banner paper on the wall, buying post-it notes of all colors, creating a plot planner and every time she attempts to plot out the story, she has to keep …
NaNoWriMo Plot and Writing Schedule & Resources for 11/13
Social media and the internet are so quiet. Shhhh, I can hear you writing.The idea of thousands and thousands of writers writing, each of us writing and plotting our own stories and at the same time all of us writing together as one is sublime.Many of you will use the support of other writers to keep us writing. Others will take daily walks. Some will plot as you write. Others have detailed Plot Planners at the ready as you write, every word a joy. I give thanks for journey we travel …
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A Path to Publishing Plot Whisperer Workbook Workshops
I delight in how a passing comment, a sentence fragment, a sigh can grow from nothing into something. In this case, that something is A Path to Publishing featuring The Plot Whisperer Workbook Workshop Series. Like a story, what began as an idea has blossomed into 4 four-week workshop intensives based on the PWWorkbook. My literary agent Jill Corcoran brings her expertise in publishing and I bring what I know about plot. The program is powered by an innovative interactive video chat …
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How to Write in the Zone for a Fast Draft
One of the greatest predictors of successfully pre-plotting and writing a novel or memoir in a month is the ability to write in the zone. When you’re in the flow of your writing, words and ideas come to you effortlessly. You don’t second-guess yourself. You’re not timid and paranoid about your ability to persevere.Writing fast encourages writing the zone. Lose yourself for one month and then you’re free for the rest of your life with an entire first draft of your story to shape. (Join me …
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