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7 Point Plotting for my 2011 NaNoWriMo novel

5 / October 27, 2011 2:40 PM

I’m many days late,  I’ve been trying to finish up an editing job before November. Here is the first take of my plot done up in the 7 point system. I wrote them up in the order I listed in [...]

The Seven Point System

The Seven Point System

11 / October 22, 2011 4:50 PM

Plotting a novel using Dan Wells’ 7 Point System

The Five Movement Structure, Thriller Version

The Five Movement Structure, Thriller Version

4 / October 21, 2011 1:35 PM

Plotting a novel with the Five Movement Structure

Plotter or Pantser? Which are you?

Plotter or Pantser? Which are you?

10 / October 18, 2011 7:41 PM

In the writing world, it can seem like there are two camps: Plotters and Pantsers. I’ve done both and they each have merit.    A plotter is, well, someone who plots her novel before she starts writing it. Beginning, middle [...]

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