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More Plot Tips:
1) Plot your story step-by-step with the help of The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
2) Read The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
3) Watch the Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? on YouTube. Scroll down on the left of this post for a directory of all the steps to the series. 27-step tutorial on Youtube
4) Watch the Monday Morning Plot Book Group Series on YouTube. Scroll down on the right of this post for a directory the book examples and plot elements discussed.
For additional tips and information about the Universal Story and plotting a novel, memoir or screenplay, visit:
Blockbuster Plots for Writers
Plot Whisperer on Facebook
Plot Whisperer on Twitter
2) Read The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
3) Watch the Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? on YouTube. Scroll down on the left of this post for a directory of all the steps to the series. 27-step tutorial on Youtube
4) Watch the Monday Morning Plot Book Group Series on YouTube. Scroll down on the right of this post for a directory the book examples and plot elements discussed.
For additional tips and information about the Universal Story and plotting a novel, memoir or screenplay, visit:
Blockbuster Plots for Writers
Plot Whisperer on Facebook
Plot Whisperer on Twitter
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Thanks for the links, Caroline. Good discussions and helpful perspectives...Looking forward to reading more about The Shallows.
If you pick it up, I'd love to hear what you think, Kenda.
I finally put a Hold on it at the library. I'm eager to read this!
Being intentional with our time. That's what I've been thinking exactly. I've been using the word, "Deliberate". I want to be more deliberate with my life and time and not get swept away . . . thank you for this.
I've been trying to stay away from the internet more. I'm with you--I don't think it's evil, but I definitely have (more than once) fallen victim to its addictive qualities.
The downside? Stepping back from the internet means stepping back from my internet friends. I've not been reading/commenting like I should. BUT! I wanted to tell you that I was catching up the other day and read your post about your goals as a professional writer--your decree, so to speak; and it was so, so good. I love how you made it so holistic, acknowledging how writing effects your whole life and coming up with a way to keep it under control. It really spoke to me. :)
Can't wait to discuss this with you, friend. xo
Yes to all of this, Sarah.
Thank you for your kind words about my Navigating a Debut Year posts. They came out of watching others -- thinking of what I wanted to emulate and what I wanted to avoid. I had to do a lot of soul searching and examine things in my own life I didn't like.
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I often take month-long breaks from the internet, from reading blogs and commenting on facebook posts, and I rarely visit Twitter anyway. Right now I'm limiting myself to reading blogs on Mondays only. My neurologist has already explained to me that it's not just me who's having trouble coping with normal things I used to be able to do -- like remembering dates and times. It's the way our brains are changing because of the internet. Maybe he read The Shallows!
Remembering details -- that's exactly the sort of thing the book talks about. The Internet trains us to scan and not read/think deeply. It spills into other parts of our lives.
Scanning, of course, is a valuable skill, but it's not the only way to interact with text or to think about the world.