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Monday Morning Plot Book Group — End of the Beginning Scene

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If you are participating in NaNoWriMo, this blog post is of special interest to you because it falls on the day you need to be writing the End of the Beginning scene in your story to stay on schedule and complete your entire novel, memoir, screenplay by the last day of November. (To learn how to pre-plot your writing time and ensure you end the month of November with a solid beginning, middle and end to your story. To read more...)November's book selection for Monday Morning Plot Book Group for …

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Plot the Beginning of Your Novel, Memoir, Screenplay

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Take a moment to assess where you are in writing your story now that you're 4 days into NaNoWriMo. To ensure that you stay on track and write a solid beginning, middle and end by the end of November, stand back from your writing for a minute and consider the following. Tuesday marks the day you and your protagonist enter the exotic world.Begin opening up to the idea of pulling the beginning together so you're sure to be writing the End of the Beginning scene on Monday.For support:Plotting the …

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Plot Book Group for Writers

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Last month's book selection for the Monday's Plot Book Group for Writers is Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. (I'm a bit behind due to the mega-blog tour and release of The Plot Whisperer book. My apologies for the delay.) Last week - 1F- you were asked to:- Determine the 4 Energetic Markers for your story.This week - 1G you are asked to:- Insert on your story's Plot Planner a post-it note that represents the Climax of your story.For more support about the Climax, check out Chapter 11 of:The Plot …

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Day Ten: 2-Week NaNoWriMo-themed Blog Book Tour for the New Plot Whisperer Book

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In celebration of the final day in the two-week blog tour and the successful release of The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master, I am giving away 4 free autographed copies of the book. To enter, simply comment on each of the three following blogs AND for the book and a Scene Tracker Kit, leave a comment at every single blog on the tour and listed on the Master Schedule below. As one writer says: "I feel like I just took in a 2 hour writing workshop in a few minutes." …

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Day Nine: 2-Week NaNoWriMo-themed Blog Book Tour for the New Plot Whisperer Book

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Today The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master is featured:*Thursday, October 27thVivian Lee Mahoney at Consider yourself warned: I write books about rebels (NOTE: just my sort of writer!!)Interview about the Universal Story. Vivian asks me common mistakes writers make. My answer may surprise you. She covers theme and also asks, just how much tension is too much tension? Lastly, she asks me about my favorite subject -- the Universal Story, not from a writing point of …

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