There are many different ways to approach plotting and I have studied and tried a bunch. Most plots, and thus outlines, follow a form of Three Act Structure and I have found that this is true for short form as well as long form. I’ll start with The Hero’s Journey. Using ideas from Arwen Lynch’sContinue reading “#WriterinMotion – Playing with some plots”
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#Writober Day 8: Scent
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Scent. I wrote a post about smell back when I started this blog and did a series on exploring the senses. Passing Thyme Passing the pots on the porch, I fondle the herbs Thyme lingers on my fingers surprising me later with a trip to my past a pizza partyContinue reading “#Writober Day 8: Scent”
#Writober 2019 Day 7: Tongue
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Tongue, Tasting and Speaking. I wrote a post about taste back when I started this blog and did a series on exploring the senses. Today’s poetry form is Tongue Twister. Bitter, Sour, Sweet Flitter glitter emitter jitter critter transmitter spitter embitters sitter knitter Deflower willpower scour our shower devour cauliflowerContinue reading “#Writober 2019 Day 7: Tongue”
Need your next great idea? Try this!
A few years ago, after reading Dufresne’s Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months, I created my go to story idea generator; my Plot-o-Matic. The Plot-o-Matic is a set of three different colored cards: green = Subject (person or occupation), yellow = Conflict (something the subject wants or needs),Continue reading “Need your next great idea? Try this!”
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