I have the great pleasure of working with a writer who is as fascinating and inspiring as his story. The inspiration for his story hit about 15 years ago. He's been writing off and on. Well, more off than on... plagued with negative beliefs and internal antagonists and fear of the great unknown.He signed up for on-going plot consultations and started showing up for himself. He crossed the threshold from the Beginning not only of his writer's journey into the Middle but also on the the story he …
Definition of Plot for Writers
Plot integrates dramatic action, a character’s emotional development, and thematic significance in a story. In other words, when the dramatic action changes the protagonist at depth over time, the story becomes thematically significant.Here is a writer’s definition of plot: Plot is a series of scenes deliberately arranged by cause and effect to create dramatic action filled with conflict, tension, suspense, and/or curiosity to further the character’s emotional development and …
Universal Story and Plot
I bow down to the writer's spirit in each of us -- the spirit of perseverance and for continuing against all odds and against all conventional reason.A writer on her third major rewrite finds the Universal Story defines the linear plot and structure of her intuitive and otherwise random story. Now that she has the logical, sequential order of the scenes in place and objectively knows where the story is going, she can forget about the bigger picture and subjectively concentrate on writing each …
Light a Candle
Go only where you feel cared for and supported; where everyone sees you as perfect.How are you doing in that department when it comes to you and your writing? Do you care for yourself enough to show up for your writing? Are you supportive of your passion for writing? Do you see yourself as perfect? Do you see your work as perfect?The relationship we have with our writing is reflective of our relationship with ourselves.Show up daily for your writing Light a candleAsk for guidance and …
Planning Your Plot
Finished one huge project. Cleaning and purging before beginning the next, I found perched on my computer screen a document I presented to a group of 300 corporate defense attorneys last year in Hawaii. Before I file it away, I thought I'd share a part of what I wrote for them (I adapted it back to writers where it initially began in part in Blockbuster Plots Pure & Simple). Plot your story plan using the universal story form for structure and impact. The universal story form is the …
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