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See the Crisis for What it is and Keep Writing

I’m trying something new today — embedding the new video in the Plot Book Group Series in this blog post. It’s a first for me. We’ll see how it works.

(P.S. — A big reason I’m talking about the Crisis today is because it’s that time in November for Nanowrimo writers to be writing the Crisis.
In order to have a solid beginning, middle and end by November’s end, write the Crisis today and tomorrow…)
For more support about the Crisis and highest point in the entire story so far:
1) Check out Chapter 10 of: The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master (Available as a Kindle edition)
2) Watch:
  • How to Write a Crisis scene
  • For more about writing the Middle of your novel, memoir, screenplay:

    • Rediscovered Skills and Knowledge in the MIddle
    • Cause and Effect in the Middle (using The Help by Kathryn Stockett)
    • Character Emotion and Thematic Significance
    • Creating Conflict & Tension in Preparation for Crisis
    • Developing Threshold Scene after Crisis

    For more about the Universal Story and writing a novel, memoir or screenplay, visit Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay?on YouTube. A directory of all the steps to the series is to the right of this post.

    For more tips about how to use plot and the Universal Story in your novel, memoir or screenplay, visit:

    Blockbuster Plots for Writers
    Plot Whisperer on Facebook(we hope you “like” it)
    Plot Whisperer on Twitter

Written by:
Martha Alderson
Published on:
November 21, 2011
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10 Comments

Categories: crisis scene in a novel, how do I write a novel memoir screenplay? Universal Story, Martha Alderson founder of PlotWriMo PlotWrMo, Memoir, screenplay

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    November 21, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Serendipity: I'm a NaNoWriMo participant and felt I was 'muddling' the middle section of novel when I came upon your post today.
    Embedding the video really works well, at least for me. Thanks much, now back to my writing. I shall keep returning.

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    November 22, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    So glad you stumbled upon the exact right post to get you back to writing. Yay!
    Keep at it. You're nearly there…
    Thanks for your comments, AlvaradoFrazier!

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