Stephen King says there is no idea dump we can visit to find a good plot.  We have to create our own plots.  How can we do so?  Here's a discussion on creating plots.  Also, if Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark expedition can learn to write, so can we.  And the critical technique of using the active sentence form.<a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron">Support the show</a>

Stephen King says there is no idea dump we can visit to find a good plot. We have to create our own plots. How can we do so? Here's a discussion on creating plots. Also, if Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark expedition can learn to write, so can we. And the critical technique of using the active sentence form. Support the show

Stephen King says there is no idea dump we can visit to find a good plot.&nbsp; We have to create our own plots.&nbsp; How can we do so?&nbsp; Here's a discussion on creating plots.&nbsp; Also, if Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark expedition can learn to write, so can we.&nbsp; And the critical technique of using the active sentence form.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

Episode 169 - How to find a surefire plot.

Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel.  It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer's novels are "superbly crafted') and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer's "writing is smooth and clear.  it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.

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Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer's novels are "superbly crafted') and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer's "writing is smooth and clear. it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.

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