character flaws | PLot Planner | plot workshop | self-sabotaging behavior | writing as a spiritual practice
Jigsaw Puzzles, Not Everyone Likes Them
At a recent plot workshop, one of the writers stopped me on the way to lunch to ask…
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beginning middle and end of a writing project | hero's journey versus writers journey life of a writer | Martha Alderson | plot consultant | plot expert | PLot Planner
Writers on the Hero’s Journey
Last Saturday I taught the 1st in a series of 3 Plot Intensives in Capitola, CA. I covered…
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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
The Plot Planner I create for writers during an On-going Plot Phone Consultations (and encourage all writers to…
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Top Down or Bottom Up??
Two vastly different plot consultations for two vastly different writers. One, a female with a logically well-thought out…