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25 April 2013

Keeping an Eye on the Plot

Prompt 35 The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing leads you back to the Character Emotional Development Profile you created on Page 33 of  The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories.

By re-establishing her goals and commitments, you're given an opportunity to think further about her motivation, her fears and how to clearly state what she wants and why does she want that now here at the scene level in the beginning of the Middle.

This is also a great time to think about the story overall. Consideration of the overall time frame points to the 4 Energetic Markers and invites further exploration into how the scenes works together to create a whole.
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Knowing what to write where in a story with a plot allows for a more loving relationship with your writing. Whether writing a first draft or revising, if you falter wondering what comes next in a story with a plot, follow the prompts inThe Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing

Today, I write.

To familiarize yourself with the basic plot terms used here and in the PW Book of Prompts:

1) Watch the plot playlists on the Plot Whisperer Youtube channel.
2) Read The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
3) Fill out the exercises in The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
4) Visit:
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