00:00:40Introduction
00:01:10Plot 7
00:13:01Closing
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In considering your next writing, what is your first approach?
Many start with a situation: a thriller in the backwoods. Others start with character: a free-willing type faced with his two orphaned nieces. Or you wake up with a title, and the story springs out when you sketch a few ideas.
We are never truly blank when we start.
No sooner do we have an idea than a main character emerges, a glimmer that solidifies as we consider that shining idea for the protagonist.
At this point, many say start with character templates. I disagree. I think our best start is that shining character in conflict. I propose a start with what I call the Plot 7 ~ seven major scenes that will tell if you have a story or not.
What are these 7 scenes?
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