What happens when a story idea strikes? If we don’t start with the central character, then very quickly our minds will focus on that single character. Our minds will swirl around a scenario and the character who controls our perspective of that scenario.
Any character can serve as that central focus. We writers decide who will be the focus based on which character is best suited to confront the conflict.
Our characters spin around an interactive conflict with a push-pull synergy. Two characters, opposing each other, will create a story. These two—the solution-finder and the conflict-creator—cannot work alone. We need both to drive the novel.
Who are these two characters? Let’s find out.
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5:02 / Stages 11 & 12 / Greatest Plot Structure
5:01 / Stages 9 & 10 / Greatest Plot Structure / Discovering Your Plot
Merry Christmas / Amber Dreams chapter 5 / Sailing with Mystery by M.A. Lee
Merry Christmas / Amber Dreams chapter 4 / Sailing with Mystery by M.A. Lee
Merry Christmas / Amber Dreams chapter 3 / Sailing with Mystery by M.A. Lee
Merry Christmas / Amber Dreams chapter 2 / Sailing with Mystery by M.A. Lee
Merry Christmas / Amber Dreams chapter 1 / Sailing with Mystery
Stage 8 / Greatest Plot Structure / Discovering Your Plot / 4:51
Stage 7 / Greatest Plot Structure / Discovering Your Plot / 4:50
Stages 5 & 6 / Greatest Plot Structure / Discovering Your Plot / 4:49
Stages 3 & 4 / Greatest Plot Structure / 4:48
Stages 1 & 2 / Greatest Plot Structure / DiscPLOT / 4:47
Writers and Archetypes / Discovering Your Plot / 4:46
Lead-in to Greatest Ever Plot Structure / Discovering Plot / 4:45
A Common Pyramid and Shakespeare for Plot / Discovering Plot / 4:44
Basic Beats, Meet Aristotle / Discovering Plot / 4:43
Special Approaches to Plot / Discovering Your Plot / 4:42
Essentials / Discovering Your Plot / 4:41
Hate and Love for Genre Tropes / Discovering Plot / 4:40
Genre Expectations / Plot / 4:39
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