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The Book of Plots
A starting point for writers and storytellers learning to understand and craft engaging narratives. It examines 10 useful plot forms, provides samples of how they are constructed and exercises for the development of original and adopted material.
212 pages, Paperback
First published July 8, 2006
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Loren Niemi
10 books6 followersLoren Niemi began as a child fibber but soon decided that he was less interested in telling lies than in improving the truth.
He is an innovative storyteller creating, coaching/directing, performing, teaching and writing about stories that matter for audiences of all ages in urban and rural settings. It has been said that Loren tells the life he lives with immediacy, poetic imagery and insight.
He is a published author and poet. His publications include: What Haunts Us (MoonFire Publishing) is a collection of non-traditional “ghost” stories and WINNER OF the 2020 Midwest Book Award for "Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror / Paranomal" fiction. Other publications include the poetry chapbook, Coyote Flies Coach, the award winning The New Book of Plots and its companion Point of View and the Emotional Arc of Stories (both Parkhurst Brothers Publishers) which he co-authored with Nancy Donoval – both of which are focused on the structuring of oral and written narratives.
He is also co-authored with Elizabeth Ellis the critically acclaimed, Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking About Difficult Stories on the value and necessity of stories that are hard to hear and harder to tell.
He is an innovative storyteller creating, coaching/directing, performing, teaching and writing about stories that matter for audiences of all ages in urban and rural settings. It has been said that Loren tells the life he lives with immediacy, poetic imagery and insight.
He is a published author and poet. His publications include: What Haunts Us (MoonFire Publishing) is a collection of non-traditional “ghost” stories and WINNER OF the 2020 Midwest Book Award for "Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror / Paranomal" fiction. Other publications include the poetry chapbook, Coyote Flies Coach, the award winning The New Book of Plots and its companion Point of View and the Emotional Arc of Stories (both Parkhurst Brothers Publishers) which he co-authored with Nancy Donoval – both of which are focused on the structuring of oral and written narratives.
He is also co-authored with Elizabeth Ellis the critically acclaimed, Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking About Difficult Stories on the value and necessity of stories that are hard to hear and harder to tell.
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