Plot: First Draft to Final Submission
Learn the nuances of plotting in drafts, from first draft to the final draft.
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Plot: First Draft to Final Submission
Sep.24.2009
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Feb.09.2013 - 1:23 pm
Flashbacks in novels cause time and space confusion with readers and rip apart the finely woven dream created in the here and now of the real story time.
Flashbacks outside of...
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Jun.21.2011 - 7:15 pm
I teach plot to writers. Back in the 90s, I had the idea to write Blockbuster Plots Pure & Simple, my first book and rather than go the traditional route of querying an agent...
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Oct.21.2010 - 8:40 am
I won! Just now. Seriously. Minutes ago. I saw the final terms of the contract. Today I win a national publisher.
Follow your bliss. Not until I started teaching plot to writers...
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Sep.15.2010 - 6:39 am
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...
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Writing
Article:
When a Scene Just Won't Do
Published Reviews
Jan.01.2013
Published by The Writer Magazine
Martha Alderson, a.k.a "The Plot Whisperer," has been a nationally recognized plot consultant for 15 years. Here she offers loads of exercises to help writers think clearly about...
I teach plot to writers beginning at the climax first and working our way back to the start of a novel, memoir, screenplay with the belief that though beginning hook readers, endings create fans.”
About Martha
Martha Alderson, aka the Plot Whisperer, is the author of the Plot Whisperer series of plot books for writers: The Plot Whisperer Book of Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing, The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create...
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