We remember characters; we pitch plot. In Plotting Simplified you'll learn how to map your story using the "passage markers" that shape every story's journey. From introduction and motivation to your Lead's moment of maximum angst, you'll see how easy it is to develop a story line and keep your characters on the path to a compelling climax.
Learn how to introduce the Great Disturbance, what 4 Questions you should ask of your plot, how to map-out your story, manage your key scenes, the 7 Keys to every good plot, why Worry, Conflict and Disaster spells success for the writer, and how ...
We remember characters; we pitch plot. In Plotting Simplified you'll learn how to map your story using the "passage markers" that shape every story's journey. From introduction and motivation to your Lead's moment of maximum angst, you'll see how easy it is to develop a story line and keep your characters on the path to a compelling climax.
Learn how to introduce the Great Disturbance, what 4 Questions you should ask of your plot, how to map-out your story, manage your key scenes, the 7 Keys to every good plot, why Worry, Conflict and Disaster spells success for the writer, and how to introduce your Major Dramatic Question.
Topics covered in this book include: What Is Plot? | The Importance of Conflict | What Makes a Good Story? |The Power of Experience | The Power of Desire | How to Pick Your Lead | The Journey from Goal to Conquest | Why Conflict = Tension | The Difference between Internal and External Conflict | Driven to Disrupt | How Problems = Energy |Hope vs. Fear | What a Good Knockout = Success | How to Introduce the "Great Disturbance" | Example of Plot In Action!
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." -Henry Ford. Writers write, so write right now! Good luck!
Eddie is a North Carolina-based writer and Acquisition Editor for Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. He is a three-time winner of the Delaware Writers Conference and his Middle Grade / Tween novel, The Curse of Captain LaFoote, won the 2011 Selah Award in Young Adult fiction. He co-writes the He Said, She Said devotions, available at ChristianDevotions.us. His latest novel, Bahama Breeze, is a humorous romantic suspense available from Harbourlight Books. Eddie's first book in the Caden Chronicles mystery series, Dead Man's Hand, releases this fall from Zonderkids. Look for Eddie's latest devotion, My Father's Business: 30 Inspirational Stories for Discerning and Doing God's Will in the Spring of 2012.
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We remember characters; we pitch plot. In Plotting Simplified you'll learn how to map your story using the "passage markers" that shape every story's journey. From introduction and motivation to your Lead's moment of maximum angst, you'll see how easy it is to develop a story line and keep your characters on the path to a compelling climax.Learn how to introduce the Great Disturbance, what 4 Questions you should ask of your plot, how to map-out your story, manage your key scenes, the 7 Keys to every good plot, why Worry, Conflict and Disaster spells success for the writer, and how ...