plot and structure and the universal story

Rising and Falling Plot Action and Tension

Dear Ms. Alderson: I've been reading your "Blockbuster Plots" and loving it, but I have a question about the plot planner …

I've written extensively about the problems with using flashbacks when writing a novel, memoir, screenplay. Just as jumping …

She's brash about her character's violence and flippant about the character's flippant coping strategies. At moments, I sense the …

Thanks to the plot consultations I do with writers from all over the world, the plot workshops and retreats I’ve taught and the …