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Hi Martha, Thank you for friending me on Goodreads. My question is, do you know all your plot lines before starting a book, or do you develop them as you write the story? Paul R. Meredith
Martha Alderson Hi Paul, Thank you! I find that creativity and imagination are fluid and come to me like my dreams -- fragmented, heavy with thematic meaning, mixed-u…moreHi Paul, Thank you! I find that creativity and imagination are fluid and come to me like my dreams -- fragmented, heavy with thematic meaning, mixed-up and often tend to explode ideas like fireworks. A Plot Planner -- a visual line that helps tame the confusion -- is a great place to place my ideas when they hit. If I don't know exactly what scenes they'll translate into, I simply place the ideas in the beginning, middle or end. Key scenes that come to me, especially at key moments I call Energetic Markers, I definitely arrange accordingly. I like to do as much pre-plotting as I can before I start writing and then I enjoy the dance of writing and plotting back and forth as I write a rough draft all the way through to the end before going back and assessing what my story is truly all about. Thanks again for your question. Do you know all your plot lines before you start?(less)
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Striving always toward full integration of the logical - linear and analytical with the intuitive - creative and imaginative, I've united those parts in a lovely new website! Come visit me!

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“Beginning hook readers. Endings create fans.”
― Martha Alderson, The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
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“Does rejection ever get any easier? Only if we decide not to invest emotion in the dismissal…”
― Martha Alderson, Blockbuster Plots Pure & Simple: Take the Panic Out of Plot
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“Forget how long the path to finishing your story. Address only what you have to write today.”
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“Beginning hook readers. Endings create fans.”
― Martha Alderson, The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
tags: writers, writing
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“Forget how long the path to finishing your story. Address only what you have to write today.”
― Martha Alderson, Before the Next Draft; 26 Plot Steps to Revision Plot eBook
tags: writer-inspiration, writing-life
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“Does rejection ever get any easier? Only if we decide not to invest emotion in the dismissal…”
― Martha Alderson, Blockbuster Plots Pure & Simple: Take the Panic Out of Plot
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message 3: by Martha
Mar 25, 2009 09:31PM

Martha Thanks, Lisa. Hope you enjoy your visit!!


message 2: by Lisa
Mar 18, 2009 10:36AM

Lisa Greetings, Martha,
Thank you for your friendship. I'll have to mosey over to your plotwhisperer site - sounds intriguing.


message 1: by Kate
Dec 06, 2008 11:10AM

Kate Hi Martha!


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