Plot Blueprint

We've talked about character viewpoint in written fiction. That's pretty fundamental, because fiction is created out of words-- words of description and thought and feeling, and it's usually a charac…

Characters should change-- but gradually, in response to plot events. 

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There are 3 main conflicts in fiction:

External (outside) conflict

Internal (inside) conflict

Interactional (relationship) conflict.

We're talking about the interactional kind-- the conflict that change…

Here we discuss "the most important nod in film". Oh, and "the greatest singalong in film." Same scene!  

This is the La Marseillaise scene from Casablanca, where:

• Rick defies the Nazis
• Laszlo risks his…

POV basics podcast—Plot Blueprint Podcast

Main types of POV:

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1. 1st person
2. Omniscient
3. Third person

More here:

POV Basics-- just examples we discuss on the podcast

Questions to ask to help you choose what P…

Gaming a game

James, the "game master (GM)" for different role-playing games, discusses building a world and a story in collaboration and in real-time.

Planning a collaborative TT-RPG  

World-building …

"Found footage" refers to material, evidence, diaries, cassette tapes-- well, you'll have to listen! For story-writers, found footage can be a clever device to add a "meta" or postmodern layer to the…

n some of the most popular stories, the setting-- the "where and when"-- is so PRESENT that it is almost another character-- one that causes changes in the plot and grows in response to plot events. …

A listener asks, what if I don't have a three-act structure? What if I have 4 acts? How do I plot a story like that, with a lot of world-building and then a disaster in the middle?

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"The past is prologue," said the Bard. What is a prologue? Why do so many readers love them? Why do so many editors hate them?

We'll discuss what a prologue is, what it can do, and when it can be effe…

Some of us can't easily come up with character names. Some of us can't start a book without names for the character. What is in a name? Let's talk about how and when and what to name characters.

Are…

There are all sorts of new ways to publish these days. Here's one that is a combination sort of == games and "choose your own adventure" books. It's called Choice of Games, and you can read more abou…

Found footage, letters to a loved one, and many more are discussed in this episode about this classical but nontraditional method of storytelling.

Here we discuss different ways storywriters can use …

A listener asks about four-act plots.  This is the structure of most disaster films.

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Are you interested in a comprehensive course to help you plot your story from start to finish, all three acts and nine turning points, along with the major character developments?

Then enroll in the B…

"Foils" refers to a pair of characters who have similar traits but different fates, like Hamlet and Laertes. You can use a foil to emphasize how a character's experiences, actions, and decisions chan…

What We Wrote Today is just that-- we do a writing exercise and then discuss what we wrote. 

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