He sees himself and all of life differently after the Crisis. The vision that inspires him to change / transform lives at the dream level. People who no longer fit in the new vision and illusions he's lugged with him everywhere drop away. Freed energy fires him to act. Changing / transforming the beliefs that keep him small and wounded and scared and angry is much more difficult. He shows his protagonist changing immediately after the crisis. Yet, rather than instantaneous because of …
Plot Prompts How to Write a Story with a Plot from Beginning to End
Getting back to the story I abandoned last year when the build-up to Dark Night Energetic Marker and crisis turned too emotional for me to write feels empowering now, a worthy tribute to my own personal climax. To prepare, I flip through my worn and post-it noted copy of The Plot Whisperer Book of Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing (a Story with Plot from Beginning to End), searching for the prompt where I left off writing. Thanks to the handy little Record section of the book, I …
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Above the Plot Planner Line: How to Test Pacing and Tension in Stories
When I'm not required to take notes in a Plot Consultation, I often create a mini-Plot Planner for myself to better "see" a writer's story and visually plot and follow along as she recounts scenes.I cringe when I find the 2nd scene takes place around the dinner table with no conflict, tension, suspense or curiosity and the protagonist in control. Hating to write a scene under the Plot Planner line so early in the story, I celebrate when instead, I'm able to pop that same scene above the line …
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Plot is a Lot Like Sex: Beginnings Hook Readers/Audiences. Endings Create Fans
Recently, I tweeted one of my favorite bits of plot advice: Beginnings hook readers. Endings create fans. A writer tweeted back: Sounds a lot like sex. hehe. This isn't the first time a writer has likened plot advice I give to sex. The 4th Energetic Marker and crowning glory of the entire book, the Climax often elicits a comment or two about the parallels in the act of sex and ultimate release of energy to the climax of a story. When such parallels are drawn, I simply smile in …
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Crisis and the Universal Story
Beware: Do not succumb to a personal crisis as protagonist reaches darkest moment. Evoke the emotion in your writing The recent tweet elicited a question by Laura: What do you mean by this? This is intriguing. Way back in January 2013, in honor of the release of my most recent PW book: The Plot Whisperer Book of Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing (a Story with Plot from Beginning to End), I began writing a new novel using one or more prompts everyday. I invited you to join me …
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