How To Plot A Book With Ariele Sieling

There are a million ways to plot a book, and dozens and dozens of books written on the subject. In this workshop, join Ariele Sieling for a simple, straight-forward way of looking at plot structure, in addition to a high-level walkthrough of a three other commonly-referenced plotting methods. This workshop comes with a plotting template, and offers and several hands-on exercises for participants.

Click here to download the workshop resource (PDF).

Article on Plot Without Conflict

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Books On Plot

  • Take Off Your Pants by Libbie Hawker

  • Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder

  • Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

  • The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler

  • The Anatomy of Story by John Truby

  • Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass

  • Heroine’s Journey by Gail Carriger

 

Ariele’s Books for Authors

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