Episode 169 - How to find a surefire plot.

from Essential Guide to Writing a Novel · host James Thayer

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 showBuy the master class.

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