Not much into developing character?Confused about what exactly is your character's flaw?Plot Tip:Explore your list of scenes in the beginning quarter of your story.In Scene #2, your protagonist gives up easily and runs away. Where else in the beginning scenes does she give up? In Scene #5 she run away from her problems again. This time, when she stops running, she refuses to give up and determinedly devises up a plan.At this point, ask yourself what depletes your protagonist of her …
Dramatic Action or Character Emotional Development?
Today's plot phone consultation reveals yet again how writers show a preference either for writing about characters over dramatic action or writing about dramatic action over character emotional development.The case in point becomes obvious when I consider what I remember about her story from a 15 minute plot consultation earlier in the year. Back then, the concept of her story qualified as "high concept", the exotic world intriguing and thought-provoking, the journey exciting and full of …
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PW Book of Writing Prompts Review and Giveaway
Read How to Get Moving on Your Work in Progress: A Review of The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts by Sue Bradford Edwards on WOW! Women on Writing.While you're at WOW! Women on Writing, enter to win in the 5-Book-Giveaway for The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You WritingNOTE: still time to join me virtually today to Track Your Plot at the Scene Level, a Plot Webinar hosted by the Writers Store at 1pm Pacific.SPECIAL EVENTS:1) Feature …
Better Writer or Storyteller?
Results of writing survey at Plot Whisperer page on Facebook asking:Are you a better writer than storyteller?Storyteller than writer?Great at both?The majority of writers indicate they feel themselves better writers than storyteller. Many writers who answered thus bemoaned that they aren't better storytellers. "When I read books, I think to myself -- how can I ever get this amount of words and intricate ideas onto paper," writes one writer. Another writer wrote, "better …
Book Giveaway and the Difference between Character Emotion and Character Emotional Development
SPECIAL EVENTS:1) Book Giveaway:Comment on Writer's Block at The Bookshelf Muse. Win a free copy of The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing. Contest open until Saturday, March 2nd,2) Feature Article:Emotional Elements of PlotShowing how a character feels in scene is critical to fuse the relationship between characters and the audience or reader. Showing how the character transforms is critical in delivering on the promise of your story. Learn the difference. …
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