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blockbuster Plots of Writers | Halfway point | Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel | plot whisperer | recommitment scene | universal story form

Recommitment Scene
ByMartha Alderson January 10, 2011May 23, 2025

Another example of what I call the “magic of writing.” I just love it when this happens! In…

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left-brain writing versus right-brain writing | Martha Alderson | plot whisperer | plot writing | the parts of a story | universal story form

Universal Story and Plot
ByMartha Alderson April 20, 2010

I bow down to the writer’s spirit in each of us — the spirit of perseverance and for…

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elements of plot and structure | the elements of great fiction | universal story form | Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are
ByMartha Alderson July 26, 2009

Used Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak with a group of 15 8 – 10 year…

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Blockbuster Plots for Writers | creating characters | developing antagonists | Martha Alderson | plot lines | plot whisperer | traits of all great characters | universal story form

A New World Order
ByMartha Alderson July 15, 2009

In the 60s, Curtis Mayfield sings of a new world order, a change of mind for the whole…

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