We did it. The Plot Series is complete!
We’re not finished with our YouTube channels. A cool idea for a new plot tips series is floating in my head that pushes off from these first 27 steps and dives deeper — a new plot series that shows what the first 27 steps tells.
The new segment is still in that fragile place between inspiration and application. Following my own advice of not showing anyone the first draft and another pearl — don’t talk away the energy, I’ll leave the new series for now and move on to the real celebration.
The last quarter of the Plot Series deals with the elements needed to create the final quarter of your novel, memoir, screenplay. The end of a story is reflective of everything that comes before in the beginning and the end, which makes holding an understanding of the elements at play in this most critical phase of your story important.
Writers often write the beginning quarter of the story one hundred times while the final quarter of the story is lucky to get a complete rough draft let alone any rewriting or refinement.
Beginnings hook readers. Endings create fans.
Whether you are in the honeymoon stage of writing the beginning of your story, muddled in the middle, or powering your way through to the end, the better your grasp the significance of the end of the universal storyboth metaphorically and pragmatically the better your ending and overall story.
For tips on keeping the dream of your story lingering in the minds of your readers long after they put down your book, watch Step 27: The Resolution.
Thanks so much for doing this series! Have to go tweet this right now!
Martina
Thank you so much for an excellently put together series! I have gotten so much out of it and I can not wait to watch the new series. 🙂
Thanks for your enthusiasm, Adventures in Children's Publishing and Jennivie Wirries. Much appreciated!
i love your teaching – it is to the point, easy to understand and the examples are very helpful- how on earth though did you find such interesting backdrops – each video had it's own sound track-it was fun- i do really thank you and plan to visit your sight to purchase your tools -they sound most helpful cyn mcdonald
Thank you, Cyn, for your kind and generous words! Glad that you've found the vlog helpful!
Wonderful ))