Middle slowing you down?A Twitter friend refers to the theme bubble exercise I use in The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories as theme clouds, a term I prefer ever so much better. (NOTE: I wish my publisher would change all theme bubble references - never did much like bubbles anyway - in both The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories and The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer …
Transformation and The Universal Story: How Your Inner Stories Influence Your Choices & Decisions in Life
The Universal Story is a transformational pattern. Learn how your inner stories influence your choices and decisions in life. Release the stories and transform negative emotions. Transformation and the Universal Story is a rhythm all life cycles through. They are made up of beginnings, middles and ends. All of nature, all plants, animals, humans are born, live and die. The cycle of transformation and the Universal Story can loosely be broken into: Comfort and Separation Expansion and …
Same Old Story
Just like the protagonist of your story, you, too, have a story behind the story of your life.We explain things that happen to us, justify our feelings and relive the past through stories rich with emotion that we tell ourselves. We bring our stories into every relationship and fit them around every experience.Memories about the past and fantasies about the future run in our minds behind the living we’re actively engaged in the present moment and emerge in conversation as we interact with …
PlotWriMo: Revise Your Novel in a Month
As the Plot Whisperer, I hear from writers who have written lots and lots and lots of words. They've pre-plotted and pondered meaning. They pin up photos of characters they imagine in the flesh and settings that capture the mood. And still, their story lies there, nearly dead. Often, I'm their last hope. Or, so they think...I am thrilled to announce the unveiling of the new and improvedto help you prepare for a powerful rewrite. 6 years in the making. Hundreds of writers taking …
2 Plot Tips How to Tie Character Motivation to Theme
2 Plot Tips How to Tie Character Motivation to Theme The better you are at creating tension through the use of antagonists in the middle of your story, your grasp of the true measure of your character's motivation becomes paramount. To believe she'd keep going forward even in the face of all the adversity you've created for her, your readers have to believe her motivation is strong enough to sustain her even during the darkest times. Often, the motivation you set up for your character as …
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