In Prompt #3 of The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing, you're asked to develop a new character, one that will serve as an antagonist to your protagonist in your novel, memoir, screenplay.Keep in mind, however, not all stories rely on a person(s) to serve as an antagonist(s). This point is driven home in the memoir Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Nearly every single person Cheryl comes in contact along the Pacific Crest Trail is supportive and …
Had a Great Start — Back on Track Tomorrow
Well, now I'm completely flummoxed. Having contracted the flu or some other evil kind of yuk that knocked me under for a few days, I am behind. Behind, not only with my writing but, of course, also with this day-by-day idea of following together with you the plot prompts in The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing. So, what to do now? If I start up from where I left off at Prompt #2, I'm way behind any of you who were following and have continued on your …
Writing Forward without Going Back
Writing Prompt #2 in The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing allows you to return to what you wrote from Writing Prompt #1. I generally frown upon writers going back over what you've previously written because all too often writers get ensnared in that loop of going back to the beginning rather than forging forward and securing the plot and structure in place.In this case and in appreciation of the nearly universal urge to read what you've written …
2013: Your Year to Write a Story with a Plot
In honor of my new book, The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing, I invite you to join me in writing a new story, one prompt at a time.Today is all about beginnings."Beginnings form the foundations upon which everything else rests. Beginnings, through fragile, emody great heart and great hope."Beginnings can also be scary, especially when you step out without much of a pre-plot plan about what you're writing.Tips for both PlotWriMo writers turned …
5th Annual Plot Writing Month ~~ Day Thirty-One
Today marks the final day of the 5th Annual International Plot Writing Month also known as PostNaNoPlotPerfection aka PlotWriMo for writers intent on crafting a story with a plot.Tonight after all the festivities of saying goodbye to '12 and greeting '13 wind down and before you fall asleep, see yourself tomorrow writing. I'm beginning a new story tomorrow following one prompt at a time from The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing. We'll …
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