MARTHA ALDERSON | MARTHA ALDERSON

Sep.15.2010 Significance of Crossing a Threshold In the universal story, every quest involves a separation; the initiate leaves what is comfortable and familiar and ordinary and enters the unknown. Thresholds symbolize the space between leaving and before beginning something new. All beings on earth cross this line at pre-determined stages...	Apr.26.2009 Blockbuster Plots Interview Check out my interview with Martha Alderson and Blockbuster Plots. Martha is a master at helping writers plot their books, fiction and nonfiction. http://www.blockbusterplots.com/resc/spieler.html
Apr.14.2009 Plot or No Plot I recently perused the stacks for reading material with several writer friends. One of them picked up a book and exclaimed, "Does it have a plot? I'm not reading one more book without a plot!"When I first started teaching plot to writers more than six years ago and then writing about plot...	Mar.17.2009 Dialog; When is Enough Too Much? Writing a story often comes in drafts. Each draft / layer is determined by your own personal writing preference. Some writers write their entire first draft in dramatic action. Character emotional development comes later. Meaning comes later still. Others begin with character. Still others start...
Dec.07.2008 International Plot Writing Month -- Day Seven International Plot Writing Month -- Day Seven Today, your assignment, if you choose to say yes, is to carry your Plot Planner index cards and a pencil or pen with you everywhere. I see you standing in line at the post office and the grocery store serenely grateful for the wait because it allows...	Nov.11.2008 Plot, Platform, Publicity In a recent issue of The Bookwoman, the official publication ofWomen's National Book Association, Fern Reiss gives hints on how to publicize your novel. One of her methods is to put a nonfiction hook in your novel. Hooks provide a potential platform as well as leverage for publicity. Riess' words...