Join me in my first ever teleseminar plot talk. It's for a memoir group of writers, but any writer is welcome and will benefit. Below is the press release blurb.
Looking forward to tomorrow.......
October 16-2008 11 AM PST
Plot for Memoir Writers
We are pleased to have Martha Alderson, an expert on plot and structure and author of Blockbuster Plots, present a special topic that challenges all memoir writers: how to create plot and structure in a memoir. As an international plot consultant for writers, Martha Alderson employs helpful strategies to help writers develop plot for writers of all genres.
Memoir writers struggle with what parts of their life to put into the memoir and what parts to leave out. The challenge is to choose what is most important.
A memoir needs to focus on a specific time period that illuminates and develops the thematic significance to the writer's life, often with the hope that these themes and the lessons learned might benefit others. But being so close to the story of “what really happened “challenges the memoir writer to think in terms of plot.
1. What is plot and why is it important?
2. How to construct a plot plan for the overall memoir
3. The art of writing plot in scenes
4. The importance of the main character -- You!
Martha’s Bio
Martha Alderson, author of Blockbuster Plots has created a unique line of plot tools for writers, including the upcoming Plot for Memoirists eBook. She teaches scene development and plot workshops privately and at conferences. For plot tips, visit: Blockbuster Plots for Writers
Best-selling authors, screenwriters, memoirists, writing teachers and fiction editors turn to Martha Alderson, M.A. for help with creating plot. She has won attention in several literary writing contests, including the William Faulkner Writing Contest and the Heekin Foundation Prize.
Martha takes readers and writers alike beyond the words into the very heart of a story.
As the founder of Blockbuster Plots for Writers, she manages a popular blog: Plot Whisperer
If you are interested, email Linda Joy Myers, President and Founder of NAMW ASAP
Is this a free seminar?
YES!!
Drat! I should have included that.
Yes, the plot teleseminar is free. Please join me....
Okay, this is the out-of-date, non-techy me asking: HOW do we do this?!! I know its too late, but do we get on the telephone, watch the TV, do it all on our computer? Do I have the technology? Can I make it better? Ooops--sorry for the bionic detour. :)
Becky, actually it's quite simple. After you sign-up, you are sent via email a phone # to call. Everyone checks in and says hi, then the listeners are put on mute and the speakers speak and you kick back and drink your tea and listen from the cozy comfort of your own home.....
Great fun! As I said, I LOVE teaching writers about plot.
Another chance to give it a try next Thurs. I'll post info here early next week. Also, the info is on my website on the workshop page:
http://www.blockbusterplots.com/resc/workshop_memoir.html
Refer to the Telesummit (as opposed to Teleseminar which was yesterday)
Hope you'll join us. I'll be talking about: Injecting Emotion into a Memoir Plot (but it applies to all writers and all types of fiction writing)
Hello and Drats! I am about two weeks' too late to your Teleminar on "Plot for Memoir Writers." My last memoir class is tomorrow and our final assignment includes "the dreaded plot". Are you planning on (a) posting comments on your teleseminar from earlier in the month and (b)conducting another? Thank you!
I'm getting CDs of both talks and will have them available on my website -- www.blockbusterplots.com
Check back soon.
Thanks for asking.