Blockbuster Plots for Writers

Blockbuster Plots for Writers | How to write a novel with a plot from beginning to end | plot tips for novelists

15 Tips How-to Write a Novel with a Blockbuster Plot
ByMartha Alderson April 8, 2014

BLOCKBUSTER Begin by knowing who protagonist is at the climax Locate what your story says about life, the…

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back story in novels | Blockbuster Plots for Writers | Martha Alderson | memoirs and screenplays | the power of curiosity in novels

Backstory versus Front Story
ByMartha Alderson August 17, 2011

Watch your delivery of backstory ~ the story of what, in the past, made the character who they…

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Blockbuster Plots for Writers | character transformation protagonist | Martha Alderson | plot and structure and the universal story | plot whisperer

Transformation and the Universal Story
ByMartha Alderson May 25, 2011

From the hundreds of novels, memoirs and screenplays I have analyzed for plot workshops and plot retreats for…

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What’s Stopping You?
ByMartha Alderson May 15, 2011

I am always fascinated when one writer curls up in a ball and gives up and, when faced…

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