Plot Consultant

Love Yourself Love Your Writing – Hate Yourself Hate Your Writing

By

I'm calling out for writers to accomplish 2013 writing goals and finish a novel, memoir, screenplay this year.Fast writing is one way to do that. A tight deadline works to get words on the page because all the gaps in your life are filled with writing rather than the mind-numbing and emotionally-charged stories you tell yourself about yourself and the world around you.The relationship you have with your writing directly reflects the relationship you have with yourself. Love yourself. Love …

Love Yourself Love Your Writing – Hate Yourself Hate Your WritingRead More

Scene Tracker Romance Novel Example

By

For writers pre-plotting in prep for NaNoWriMo, a Scene Tracker comes in handy. Brainstorm plot at the overall story level on a Plot Planner. Switch to a Scene Tracker when wanting to stimulate ideas for scenes with depth and meaning and ensure you're not simply relying on your writing strengths only but also giving equal time to your weak areas, too.Following is an Scene Tracker example to show you rather than tell you how, using the classic romance novel Candle in the Window …

Scene Tracker Romance Novel ExampleRead More

Consistent and Powerful Writing

By

Writing a fast first draft demands consistent and powerful writing.Consistent writing is a tough one to achieve for writers who insist they can only write when they’re inspired to write. Consistent writing means showing up  to write whether you're inspired or dull, frightened or brave, energetic or lazy. You show up and write anyway.A consistent writing regime is helpful, especially so writing a fast draft. A tight deadline of a month facilitates fast writing -- no time for procrastination, …

Consistent and Powerful WritingRead More

Still Time to Achieve Your 2013 Writing Goal

By

You intended to finish your novel, memoir, screenplay this year. Well-bruised from prior failures, this year's writing resolution was timid - simply finish. Perhaps you really stretched this year and made the audacious goal of writing and submitting your screenplay by year's end.You still hold out hope you'll succeed, though as each day passes with little or no progress, your energy flags.A resolution is a course of action which means that way back in January 2013, you must have also …

Still Time to Achieve Your 2013 Writing GoalRead More

Do You Consider Traditional Publishing Old-Fashioned?

By

I self-published my first plot book Blockbuster Plots Pure and Simple: Take the Panic Out of Plot nearly ten years ago.In 2004, small independent publishers still struggled to separate ourselves from vanity presses.A vanity press was/is a publishing house an author pays to have her book published. Because anyone could publish any book, a book published by a vanity press was frowned upon and immediately suspected of poor quality writing and no editing. Forming my own publishing company -- …

Do You Consider Traditional Publishing Old-Fashioned?Read More

Keep in touch. Sign-up for Martha’s newsletter.
Through a few newsletters each year, catch up on her events, giveaways, new releases and more.
We do not share your email address 

You have successfully subscribed to the newsletter

There was an error while trying to send your request. Please try again.

Martha Alderson will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you and to provide updates and marketing.