For the second year running, Plot Whisperer blog is awarded 101 Best Websites for Writers by Writers Digest magazine -- quite a thrill.Last year, we fit in Publishing Resources which resulted in a shift in my own personal take on this blog. In order to be published, writers need a solid structure and sound plot for their novels, memoirs, and screenplays. I got it....To read more: Best Websites for Writers by Writer's Digest This year, we fall under Writing Advice. I am in the company of 16 other …
Love Letter to a Writer
Dear Writer,You have passed into the Middle of your journey with this project. The moment you began writing, you entered the exotic new world of writing. Yes, you've written before now but that was before you had a plot, let alone several, and a plan. You left behind the uncertainty, the blind pursuit of a dream. Now, you know where you are going and why. Promise me something.Promise me you'll steer clear of your own ego in this brave new world you've entered. An ego wants something. See …
Moves a Character Makes at the Climax
Interesting dilemma in a recent plot consultation -- the protagonist (a 12 year-old in a middle grade fantasy novel) kills the evil queen, her mother, at the Climax. Now, before you react, let me explain. Turns out in the Resolution the woman she kills is not actually her mother. Whew! Still, the reveal comes too late to justify the killing as the story is written now. This age-group, heck, any age group, for the protagonist to do such a deed, the mother must be evil incarnate -- which the queen …
Plot Interview
Uma Krishnaswami is a former child writer who now writes for children, and teaches writing in the MFA/Writing for Children and Young Adults program, Vermont College of Fine Arts.Her blog name says it all: Writing with a Broken TuskShe interviewed me.Check it out.Thanks, Uma. …
A Shortcut for Writers on a Spiritual Path
The fear you greet at every major threshold of your life is simply based on a fantasy of a danger that has not happened. Rather than stay frozen on the future, get out of your head. Stay in your body. Seize this moment and write something, anything. Keep moving. Write through the fear. Today, detach from the outcome and concentrate on putting one world after another on the page. Forget the duality of good versus bad. Marvel at the miracle of words appearing out of nowhere and you writing them on …
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