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The Plot Dot: A Visual Guide to Plotting Unforgettable Scenes: An Adult Coloring Book For Authors
An Adult Coloring Book for Authors!
This book will help you paint powerful visual scenes that stick with readers long after they're finished your book. The techniques described within are simple and easy to use. Think of this as a guided coloring book adventure.
YOUR adventure.
There are lots of systems and guides to plotting, but if you're like me you have journals filled with notes, scenes and description... it can get overwhelming.
I've based this book on traditional three-act story architecture, but it's greatly simplified. Plotters and pantsers can use the guided exercises to gain greater visual clarity and build more meaningful scenes with resonance.
This book will help you get organized and unlock hidden potential in your scenes that you didn't know was there, by going beyond words and focusing on drawing and coloring your scenes until you have a full outline.
This book makes an excellent workbook for writing retreats, is simple enough for children to use (it's never too early to write your first novel), and introduces a new, and hopefully useful, way to organize your novel, improve your writing, and create unforgettable scenes that will make a deep and lasting impact.
Use it yourself to improve your own writing, or give it to a struggling writer who's having trouble finishing their novel. You can also give it to artists or creative people who are interested in writing a book but have no idea where to begin.
This book will help you paint powerful visual scenes that stick with readers long after they're finished your book. The techniques described within are simple and easy to use. Think of this as a guided coloring book adventure.
YOUR adventure.
There are lots of systems and guides to plotting, but if you're like me you have journals filled with notes, scenes and description... it can get overwhelming.
I've based this book on traditional three-act story architecture, but it's greatly simplified. Plotters and pantsers can use the guided exercises to gain greater visual clarity and build more meaningful scenes with resonance.
This book will help you get organized and unlock hidden potential in your scenes that you didn't know was there, by going beyond words and focusing on drawing and coloring your scenes until you have a full outline.
This book makes an excellent workbook for writing retreats, is simple enough for children to use (it's never too early to write your first novel), and introduces a new, and hopefully useful, way to organize your novel, improve your writing, and create unforgettable scenes that will make a deep and lasting impact.
Use it yourself to improve your own writing, or give it to a struggling writer who's having trouble finishing their novel. You can also give it to artists or creative people who are interested in writing a book but have no idea where to begin.
180 pages, Paperback
Published April 16, 2016
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About the author
Derek Murphy
54 books405 followersI wrote my MA thesis on Harry Potter and my PhD thesis on Paradise Lost. Now I write YA fantasy novels and design book covers. I blog about self-publishing, book design and book marketing, and was featured in CNN for renting castles.
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February 17, 2021
Derek Murphy shows you a unique way to plot your novel—. Drawing! What? I hear you say. I can’t draw! Well, according to Murphy, it doesn’t matter.
Quote “Use stick figures if you have to.”
This writer’s craft book aims to help you create a: “visual reference to help you write faster, better stories.”
Although I read the whole book, I didn’t partake in the drawing side because I was short on time but I will.
Murphy explains, in detail, the classic 3 act structure and 8 plot points. If you download a file from his website, you can get a 24 chapter structure to work from.
The idea is unique, and I love that. Sometimes you need something different to motivate you. Something fresh. The structure is about as detailed as you can get. I love structure.
There are a lot of blank pages in this book which, of course, are for the drawing. Some people might think they are getting more for their quids until they see the blank spaces. For a rough idea of how much content there is, the whole book took me 30 minutes to read.
Overall, I would recommend it for the budding writer as long as you know it’s got more blank spaces than writing. It gets 5 stars from me.
Quote “Use stick figures if you have to.”
This writer’s craft book aims to help you create a: “visual reference to help you write faster, better stories.”
Although I read the whole book, I didn’t partake in the drawing side because I was short on time but I will.
Murphy explains, in detail, the classic 3 act structure and 8 plot points. If you download a file from his website, you can get a 24 chapter structure to work from.
The idea is unique, and I love that. Sometimes you need something different to motivate you. Something fresh. The structure is about as detailed as you can get. I love structure.
There are a lot of blank pages in this book which, of course, are for the drawing. Some people might think they are getting more for their quids until they see the blank spaces. For a rough idea of how much content there is, the whole book took me 30 minutes to read.
Overall, I would recommend it for the budding writer as long as you know it’s got more blank spaces than writing. It gets 5 stars from me.
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