character transformation and the Universal Story

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How to Best Use the Final Week of NaNoWriMo
ByMartha Alderson November 24, 2014

You’ve one final week to complete NaNoWriMo, though of course you can keep writing into December and all…

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Character Consistency
ByMartha Alderson April 26, 2014May 21, 2025

I’ve been gushing about character transformation since the moment I first grasp the ultimate gift awaiting the protagonist…

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What Happens After the Crisis (not to be confused with Climax) of Your Novel, Memoir, Screenplay?
ByMartha Alderson July 27, 2013

The drama at the Crisis of her coming-of-age historical novel is exciting, life-or-death and edge-of-your-seat external action. Check….

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Memoir and Plot and Structure
ByMartha Alderson March 21, 2012

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert is a character-driven memoir and motion picture of the same name. In…

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