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Tag: plotting

Resisting the Kitchen Sink

August 22, 2022 Dianna Sanchez

By Dianna Sanchez A few years back, I attended a reading by Daniel Jose Older and Zoraida Cordova at which they both talked about their

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On Car Repair and Rewrites

January 5, 2021 Alumni & Guests

Guest Post by Almitra Clay Especially for all you NaNoWri-mers with fresh drafts, here’s a reprise of a popular post. As I have rewritten the

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Finding the Beats: Plotting for Pantsers

October 29, 2019 Dana Nuenighoff

Do you ever get a book idea in your head but don’t know where it’s going? Do you find that you have a saggy middle?

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The 7 Layer Cake Writing Method

January 25, 2019 Laura Fineberg Cooper

Baking a 7 layer cake is like writing a story. You have so many tempting and tasty choices to make, and each new layer builds

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The Plotter, Pantsed

January 13, 2017 Alumni & Guests

  By Dianna Sanchez Recently, I baked banana cookies. I was doing a series of posts on holiday recipes because my book, A Witch’s Kitchen,

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Plotting a Novel with Sticky Notes

May 20, 2016 Alison Potoma

This pantser has gone plotter, and for one particular reason: Speed. My first attempt at a novel took me two years. I wrote it by

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Book Review: SAVE THE CAT! by Blake Snyder

January 6, 2015 Marianne Knowles

I found SAVE THE CAT! The Last Book on Screenwriting That You’ll Ever Need through a novelist’s blog. I was scouring the internet for help

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What Shape Is That Story?

September 30, 2014 Joyce Audy Zarins

While reading John Green’s Looking for Alaska recently, I was surprised by the shape of the story. It reminded me of other authors who have

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By Carol Gordon Ekster, Illustrated by Russ CoxJanuary 1, 2023
Available today from Capstone Press!

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Picture book biography available today from Page Street Kids!

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