Description

Tips and tricks for the methodological plotter.

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The Four Writing Types

   • The Four Types of Novel Writers  


Story Structure Links

My New Series on Structure:    • Advanced Story Structure  
27 Chapter Story Structure: https://livingwriter.com/blog/27chap...
Blake Snyder's Book Save the Cat: https://www.amazon.com/SaveLastBook...
Save the Cat Writes a Novel: https://www.amazon.com/SaveCatWrite...
Blake Snyder's Online Movie & Book Breakdowns: https://savethecat.com/beatsheets
Blake Snyder's 10 Story Types: https://savethecat.com/getstarted#15...
Larry's Brook's Book: https://www.amazon.com/StoryEngineer...
Story Structure Template (beat sheet) examples:
https://jamigold.com/2012/02/howtor...
https://www.creativindie.com/plotout...

Characterization

Big Five Personality Traits: https://www.verywellmind.com/thebig...

MyersBriggs Personality Types: https://www.16personalities.com/free...

Scene Structure

   • How to Write Proactive Scenes | Novel...  

My core/essential videos for learning novel writing are listed here: https://ellenbrockediting.com/novelw...

All of my video topics and other resources are listed here: https://ellenbrockediting.com/videos...

0:00 Introduction
2:14 FIND THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PLOTTING
6:23 AVOID POINTLESS OR INEFFECTIVE WORKSHEETS
8:50 CHARACTERS' PERSONALITIES
11:57 DEFINE THE CHARACTER ARC
14:13 DON'T LEAVE TONE TO CHANCE
17:19 BRAINSTORM MULTIPLE PLOT TRAJECTORIES
18:29 BE HONEST ABOUT WHETHER A PLOT POINT WORKS
22:08 CONSIDER SCENE LENGTH
23:34 PLAN THE SCENE STRUCTURE
25:11 WHEN YOU'RE STUCK ON THE OUTLINE, EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM
27:53 UPDATE YOUR OUTLINE AS YOU WRITE (OR AT LEAST BEFORE YOU EDIT)
29:02 EDIT THE OUTLINE BEFORE THE NOVEL ITSELF
30:16 START REVISIONS BY LOOKING AT THE PLACEMENT OF THE PLOT POINTS
31:56 DON'T PANIC WHEN YOUR VOICE ISN'T STRONG IN THE FIRST DRAFT