Holly Lisle's Create A Plot Clinic

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Struggling to put together a compelling, coherent plot? Have a stack of stalled 30-page novel starts? Have a finished manuscript and the sinking feeling something's wrong? Pro novelist Holly Lisle walks you through the simple, fun, effective techniques she's used to plot her 30+ published novels (and counting). Learn to plot without fear of error, to enjoy a process that keeps your story fresh, to adapt your plot to brilliant middle-of-the-book inspiration WITHOUT derailing your writing process, and much more. Holly Lisle's Create A Plot Clinic is a funny, relaxed, and comprehensive start-to-finish course with a step-by-step process that includes worksheets, examples, and how-to advice for writers of every genre, and for every experience level---from absolute beginner with no idea how to get started, to published pro looking for an easier way to beat a tight deadline. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Holly Lisle is a full-time novelist with more than 30 published novels in genres from fantasy and SF to paranormal suspense and YA, including HAWKSPAR and TALYN, and the recent Scholastic releases THE RUBY KEY and THE SILVER DOOR. She's also well-known online for her practical, immediately applicable writing courses, her opinionated online writing diary, and HollyLisle.com, her extensive writer-friendly website.

Author(s): Holly Lisle
Year: 2010

Language: English

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Info
Other Holly Lisle Books
We Need Your Help
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
On Writing Professionally
Intro: What Is Plotting (And Why Is It So Hard)?
Plot Is...
Where Plots Are Born
Warning on dealing with the subconscious
How Plots Grow
The Seven Basic Plots (Plus A Mermaid)
Plotting Is A Process, Not An Act
How To Use This Book
SECTION I: Plotting Before Writing
Structures
How Many Plot Cards Will I Need?
Three-Act Structure
Character Structure, Single POV
Character Structure, Multiple POV
Cliffhanger Structure
Organic Structure
Timeline Structure
Mixing It Up
SECTION II: Tools--When Things Are Going Well
Plot Tools, and Why There Are So Many
Question
Twist
Cliffhanger
Character
Line-For-Scene, Take One
Conflict
Language
Culture
Map and Terrain
Throwing Stuff Against A Wall
Theme and Concept
SECTION III: Tools--When Things Go Splat
Timed Writing
Word Games
Goosebumps
Pong
Chase Your Tail
Drawings
Cards
Making and Doing Things
Chop Wood, Carry Water
Bore Your Muse
Dream Journal
Dream Blackmail
SECTION IV: Plotting While Writing
Fix an Existing Project
Dance With the One Who Brought You
Plotting the Ending
SECTION V: Plotting While Revising
No
Line-For-Scene, Take Two
Conclusion
Coming Soon
About the Author