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When the Climax Fails The Reader Suffers 22 Aug 2013 | 03:10 am
In preparation for a plot talk for children's writers and the SCBWI San Francisco/South region last Saturday (FYI: this is a post I ran nearly two years ago and am re-running now because I want to ins...
Use Setting to Deepen Readers' Appreciation Of Your Protagonist's Character Emotional Development 20 Aug 2013 | 06:42 am
A story is about a character transformed over time by the dramatic action. To make this character transformation more dramatic, great writers convey who the character is within the safety of a world ...
101 Best Websites for Writers -- as Awarded from Writers Digest 16 Aug 2013 | 06:42 am
"Congratulations! Your website, Plot Whisperer for Writers and Readers, has been selected as a 101 Best Website for Writers as honored by Writer’s Digest. Your site has been listed in our May/June 201...
Internal Goals versus External Goals 8 Aug 2013 | 08:47 pm
Every character wants something. You (and your character) must decide what she is willing to give up to achieve her goal. This begins the character’s emotional development plot. The specific actions ...
Pre-Plot or Write? 5 Aug 2013 | 11:34 pm
She has several successful YA novels, a memoir, and an adult novel published by major publishing houses and a contract for the novel she's working on now. Having never considered theme in her writing ...
What Happens After the Climax of Your Novel, Memoir, Screenplay 1 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
The resolution comes immediately after the climax of your novel, memoir, screenplay. The true ending of the story is the climax. The resolution actually is the beginning of a new story, one that sta...
How Much Backstory in the Beginning is Too Much and How Little is Too Little? 30 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
Question from a writer on Facebook: You and most writing gurus suggest not weighing down the beginning with Backstory. I agree. I usually start in action/dialogue in the present, but lately I have a f...
What Happens After the Crisis (not to be confused with Climax) of Your Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? 28 Jul 2013 | 12:20 am
The drama at the Crisis of her coming-of-age historical novel is exciting, life-or-death and edge-of-your-seat external action. Check. The action fits thematically with the character emotional develop...
Difference between Crisis and Every Other Scene in the Middle of Your Story 22 Jul 2013 | 12:48 am
The middle of your story is the territory of the antagonists, which means that the antagonists control the new and unusual world. In this world, antagonists—internal and external—interfere with the pr...
Plot Planner Examples 12 Jul 2013 | 10:23 pm
Magic happens yet again. A writer with a very successful first book needs help with her second. Her problem? Not uncommon ~ years and years of working on the first book, layer upon layer, input, chan...
