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Last week's homework for our 16-week Plot from Beginning to End video chat workshop -- Chapter 14: Find Your Thematic Bubble in Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories -- came at the exact right time. With only a couple more sessions left and all the concept, plot and character elements plotted out on Plot Planners and Scene Trackers filling in for the 7 essential elements grounding the writers, this exercise seemed to allow the writers the clarity to see more deeply into their stories.
Dark and edgy themes popped up for some of the writers while filling in the "thematic bubbles" exercise. Because of that (cause and effect), those same writers willingly risk embracing darker and edgier themes which in turn creates darker and edgier character goals with clearer emotional weight and more unique and compelling heart to their stories, sending their stories to higher degrees of originality and mass appeal to all other books in their genre and beyond. Nearly every single writer discovered deeper elements about their stories.
Want to give the exercise a try? List all the themes in your story. Circle the themes that begin in the beginning (first page?) all the way to the end. Study those themes for meaning.
Today I write.
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SPECIAL NOTE: I'll be at Seekerville all day today.
Sandra is my host.
Her editor waits for her manuscript. The ending doesn't work. She signs up for a consultation and generously shares her experience of the writer's side of a plot consultation AND she allows me permission to talk about her work in the post.
Plot tips abound.
In celebration of Seekerville's 5th birthday bash, Sandra is giving away a 1-hour free plot consultation to one lucky commenter.
In keeping with the celebration, I'm offering your choice of:
1) The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
2) The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
to 3 lucky commenters today.
Coming Soon!
The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing . Available for pre-order now. Ships 12/12.
More Plot Tips:
1) Plot your story step-by-step with the help of
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
The Mini-blog and Twitter Tour / Mega-PWWorkbook Giveaway ran for less than a week and awarded The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories to 15 lucky writers. Congratulations!
Thank you everyone for welcoming The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories into the community of writers.
For each day's plot tips and to learn the winners:
Day 1 and 2
The Bookshelf
Benefits of Plotting in Scenes
Day 3
@plotwhisperer #PWWorkbookgiveaway on Twitter
(for all the plot tips tweeted that day, go to #PWWorkbookgiveaway)
Day 4
Seekerville
"Finding the Strongest Climax"
Day 3
Jane Friedman
"7 Essential Elements of Scene + Scene Structure Exercise"
What's New!
Webinar Plot Workshop:
Secrets of Story Structure Plot 9/13/12
Virtual
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Plot your story step-by-step with the help of The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
More Plot Tips:
1) Read The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
2)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
3) 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
Excited about celebrating the official release of The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories, I find myself procrastinating setting up a blog tour, something that worked so well for The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master.
I contact only a few friends and blame dragging my feet on how much time and attention a blog tour demands.
On the official release date of The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories, my editor asks me write another book... in three weeks. I balk until I hear his brilliant idea.
I'm hooked... and writing like mad. I'm so happy that I followed the energy and set up a mini-blog tour with a Mega-PWWorkbook Giveaway.
Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi are keeping their doors open for us for another day. Come hang out. I'll take breaks from writing every second to meet my deadline on Monday. You comment for a chance to win a free copy of the workbook.
The Bookshelf Muse.
Check-in here every morning for an update where to travel for the next leg of the blog tour.
What's New!
You're invited to the book launch party on 8/28 -- the PWWorkbook coming out party. Bookshop Santa Cruz 7:30p.m.
Another mega-workbook give-away, using FaceBook and Twitter coming soon. More later...
Plot your story step-by-step with the help of The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
More Plot Tips:
1) Read The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
2) Virtual plot workshop hosted by Writers Digest. Secrets of Story Structure & Plot Sept. 13th 1p.m. EDT
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
