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Your Truth is Trying to Reveal Itself to You
ByMartha Alderson March 22, 2010

Listen to yourself. Write the way that feels right to you. Often comments from others are more an…

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Blockbuster Plots for Writers | conflict in every scene | creating conflict | PLot Planner | scenes above and below the line | tension and suspense

Tracking Conflict, Tension, and Suspense
ByMartha Alderson November 2, 2009

The Plot Planner I create for writers during an On-going Plot Phone Consultations (and encourage all writers to…

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Blockbuster Plots for Writers | how to craft a scene | Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola | plot whisperer | Scene and Summary | Thirteen Moons by Charles Frasier | types of summary | when to use summary

When A Scene Just Won’t Do
ByMartha Alderson October 12, 2009July 26, 2025

Most of a writer’s genius comes in the art of the finesse. How finely you craft your project…

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Blockbuster Plots for Writers | keep at writing | plot whisperer | stay true to yourself as a writer | writing the first draft

Writers’ Self-Sabotage
ByMartha Alderson October 8, 2009

Do you have the dream of finishing your story and then find yourself not showing up for your…

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