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Plot Book Group for Writers
Each Monday, we upload the latest session of the Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? Plot Book Group for Writers. This month’s book selection is Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson.
We chose Helen Simonson’s debut novel and New York Times best-seller, Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand to demonstrate some of the plot techniques she used so effectively that the story won a coveted New York Times Book Review.
Last week – 1A – you were asked to:
– Determine the basic structure of your story
This week – 1B – you are asked to:
– Begin a Plot Planner for your story with the protagonist’s character emotional change from the beginning to the end of the story
For more support, check out Chapter 3 of:
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, read: The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
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and visit:
Blockbuster Plots for Writers
Plot Whisperer on Facebook (we hope you “like” it)
Plot Whisperer on Twitter
I've often dreamed of having a book group specifically for writers. Thanks for making it happen. Your blog series has helped me tremendously in my novel writing. I'm currently enrolled in Lisa Miller's Story Sructure Safari class to learn more about plot and story structure. Thank your for your contribution.
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