Last October we celebrated the official release of The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Masteron a mega-blog tour. This year, we're celebrating the official release of The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories, on a mini-blog tour with a mega-PWWorkbook giveaway.Thank you, Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi for kicking off the tour today at The Bookshelf Muse. Angela and Becca run the blog together and "Dedicate …
Keeping an Eye on the Big Picture
What's everyone chasing, doing, after? What's all the action about? The answers to these questions may feel murky to you, even in the second and third drafts. Every time you stand back from the words and ask yourself these big picture questions, the clearer your story becomes to you. The clearer your story is to you, the more clearly you can convey the story to your readers.The writer is writing a geo-political thriller from three points of view. Each point-of-view character represents the …
Plot a Book Party
The Summer issue of the San Francisco Writers Conference Newsletter arrived today. Thank you, Barb, for so generously announcing the book launch party for the PWWorkbook with a link to this blog for more information.You're Invited!Book Launch Party for The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling StoriesBookshop Santa Cruz1520 Pacific AvenueSanta Cruz831-423-09007:30 p.m. ***Come for the cake. Leave with 5 Easy Plot Tips To Immediately …
A Tale of Two Cities Plot Review
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens has sold more than 200 million copies and remained in print for more than 150 years.Dickens brings alive an important turning point in world history when the poor and disenfranchised prevailed against the status quo. He accomplishes this not only through his incredible gift with words, he succeeds by showing the reader the times through the characters' relationships with one another. Through these relationships, he provides incredible plot twists and, …
Directory of Plot Series on YouTube
How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? was met with such an enthusiastic response that we continued filming, creating new plot series to reinforce and build on the first one. Overtime, we found that each new series seemed to bury the old ones until all the plot series became a muddled mess.Now, having mastered the concept of Playlists on Youtube, we have organized the different series for your viewing enjoyment and to help you pick and choose the videos that will best support your writing …
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