As you write forward toward the Climax of your story, a little voice in your head whispers the need to go back and fix what you now know is awful, horrid or simply not working in the beginning. Over and over you silence the voice, stumbling to the End of the Beginning, the Halfway Point, the Crisis, the Climax, the Resolution.It's difficult to resist the pull to go back and start again.I'm feeling the pull big time right now. I followed the energy to do this wacky YouTube Plot Series. If you ask …
3 Major Plot Lines + 1 in Novels, Memoir, Screenplays
For a story to have meaning, the dramatic action forces the character to grow and change at the least, transform at best.Each of these threads = dramatic action, character emotional development and thematic significance runs through every great picture book, middle grade fiction, young adult and adult novels whether genre or literary, all memoirs and screenplays. All other plot lines are determined by age and type of story. However, one other plot line is in most stories, other than picture …
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Dangling Plot Lines
During plot consultations, my most reliable judge of whether something is working in a writer's story is goosebumps. Weird... I know. Still, that sublime sensation of connection, of perfection sweeps over me and I know the writer is onto something special. A writer in London tells me her story. Scene after scene and the sensation pops up. Once. Twice. Several times. That said, this writer has many plot lines: character emotional development, dramatic action, political, thematic, cultural. …
Launch of How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? YouTube Plot Series
For the past couple of years, tens of thousands of writers from NaNoWriMo and points near and far follow Plot Whisperer daily in December. PlotWriMo is day-by-day guidance for writers who have finished a draft of a story and the desire to re-vision and shape the thousands of words into an actual plot. Recently, I had a hunch perhaps pre-plotting guidance might be helpful, too. Aspiring Writers and Writers Ready to Craft a New Story and interested in attending the 5-Day WRITERS PLOT RETREAT Nov. …
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Another Tip to Bolster the Sagging Middle
Premise:Impossible for writers with an appreciation of all the Middle encompasses to write a sagging Middle. I've written extensively in previous blogs about the Middle being:Territory of the Antagonists The Exotic World(2 Tips for bolstering the Middle)To add to that, the scenes in the Middle are made up of opportunities for the protagonist to learn the skills and knowledge she needs in order reign victorious at the Climax and achieve her long-term goal. Though she is unconscious or oblivious …
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