Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction)
Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction) The second book in the Write Great Fiction series, Plot & Structure offers clear and concise information on creating a believable and engaging plot that readers can’t resist. Written by award-winning thriller and suspense author James Scott Bell, this handy instruction guide provides:
* Easy-to-understand techniques on every aspect of plotting and structure, from brainstorming story ideas to building scenes, and from using subplots to crafting knock-out endings
* Engaging exercises, perfect for writers at any level and at any stage in their novel
* Practical and encouraging guidance from one of the most respected writers publishing today
Full of diagrams, plot brainstormers, and examples from popular novels, mastering plot and structure has never been so simple.
Customer Review: Good work on how to build plot
This book, as it says on the title, focus on plot and structure. He gives an introduction to each then delves into them for the rest of the book. The concepts are solid and anyone who want to know how to write but doesn’t (or thinks they can’t) owes it to themselves to pick this and the other “Write Great Fiction” books. There’s a criticism that the author just reuses the same information that’s been out there for a long time, which is like criticizing a history book on the Romans. There’s only one set of history out there, so of course it will have the same information! Besides, since it’s the SAME INFORMATION as other “how to” books, and since this book is clearly written towards those who want to know how to write, the criticism is again made completely moot. On that same note, if someone got this book, then why would they buy another book on plot?
The author’s use of the “LOCK” system and the “doorways” is excellent and helps a new would-be writer more easily conceptualize the elements that are needed for a good plot. That was what he intended to do, that was what he did, and so that is why this book is worth the money.
Customer Review: Excellent
This how-to book actually delivers! So many books give definintions of writing terms, but this book explains HOW TO DO those things. Intellegent, useful, and sometimes even funny.
Buy this book. The excercises are even good- and I HATE writing excersises.
Best of all- this book is ENCOURAGING. The author’s you-can-do-it spirit flows from every page and his clear explainations make you believe him that you can.
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