1) Create a multi-faceted protagonist 2) Know who she is at the climax to determine how she’ll portray herself in the beginning …
How to Develop a High Concept in Novels, Memoirs, Screenplays
We had a plot consultation a couple of years ago. At the time, I worried her story wasn't High Concept -- you know, that something …
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Writer Hates Questions of Theme
The writer sends very little about theme in the pre-plot consultation material. The first time we talk about theme during the …
Theme and Plot
I just finished reading The Geography of Bliss; One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner. Yes, it's …