Results of writing survey at Plot Whisperer page on Facebook asking:Are you a better writer than storyteller?Storyteller than writer?Great at both?The majority of writers indicate they feel themselves better writers than storyteller. Many writers who answered thus bemoaned that they aren't better storytellers. "When I read books, I think to myself -- how can I ever get this amount of words and intricate ideas onto paper," writes one writer. Another writer wrote, "better …
Book Giveaway and the Difference between Character Emotion and Character Emotional Development
SPECIAL EVENTS:1) Book Giveaway:Comment on Writer's Block at The Bookshelf Muse. Win a free copy of The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing. Contest open until Saturday, March 2nd,2) Feature Article:Emotional Elements of PlotShowing how a character feels in scene is critical to fuse the relationship between characters and the audience or reader. Showing how the character transforms is critical in delivering on the promise of your story. Learn the difference. …
How to Deal with a Time Jump in Your Novel, Memoir, Screenplay
Upon entering the Middle of your novel, memoir, screenplay, if you have a time jump, this is where to make the jump.The end of the beginning scene you wrote based on Prompt 30 in The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing moves your protagonist from the relative safety of the beginning into the exotic world the antagonists in the middle. In satisfying the reader's expectations for conflict and plot twists early-on in your story, the reader moves forward …
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Writer’s Block or Procrastination
By Prompt 32 in The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing you are beginning to better understand your story. You also understand how many holes you've created and you often feel like you're floating without a net. By now, you also appreciate the discipline it takes to write a story with a plot from beginning to end.Now you know or at least are beginning to suspect that the reason you procrastinate about writing has nothing to do with being blocked or …
10 Tips to Immediately Create GREAT PLOTS
For those of you who missed my talk at the 10th Annual SFWC, I share the handout.In Honor of the 10th Anniversary of the San Francisco Writers Conference10 Tips to Immediately Create GREAT PLOTS for Your Novel, Memoir, ScreenplayBy: Martha Alderson, aka Plot WhispererGREAT1) Generate external dramatic action excitement with a concrete goal for the character in every scene2) Rather than tell the protagonist’s backstory in summary, show what she is unable to do today because of her backstory …
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