Summoning the Plot Ninjas…Want One?
January 26, 2011 14 Comments
Summoning the Plot Ninjas...WANT ONE???
Want one?
Even better, how about a team of four Plot Ninjas, headed up by the PLOT NINJA, and accompanied by CONFLICT, GOALS, THEME and the ever important TWIST? (turn the PLOT NINJA around and lo! The TWIST!)
Let these ninjas guard your computer and act as a silent reminder of what you need to whip your manuscript into shape. Yeah, they’re kinda cute. Non-threatening, even. And therein lies their trickery. Their stealth will surprise you when you least expect it. You NEED these Plot Ninjas on your team. You WANT these Plot Ninjas on your team.
All you need to do for a chance to win is make a comment about plot. Stuck on what to write? How about… Challenges? Likes? Dislikes? Haiku? Books you loved with an incredible plot twist? A song? Joking. 
Really.
Contest ends Monday, January 31st. Go!
NOTE: The contest in now closed. LISHA CAUTHEN! You’re the winner! Send me your snail mail addy right here… I expect great things from you! Now, go write!
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I have never wanted something so much in my LIFE. I will be back.
Wow! Glad you came back, Lisha!
Each event in your story should be a plot point. These plot points have to point to the next one, and the next. They’re bread crumbs leading the reader in the direction of the outcome of your plot.
If you can take one of these events out and not affect your story it’s not a plot point, it’s just an incident.
Do I win?
Me likee…
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Let’s see, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about plot. And the importance of having one. In order for the plot to work it can’t just be a series of things that happen, they have to be things the protagonist does or makes happen. And they have to lead the protagonist to the end point.
Painful, isn’t it?
Those plot ninjas are COOL!! I think the book that has helped me the most with figuring out plot is Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder. The man was seriously brilliant and his book makes everything so clear.
Thanks, Sherrie! I agree about SAVE THE CAT! What an excellent book.
i WANT!!!
anyone can plot
but twist things around and see
goals conflict must read
Thanks for the creative haiku, Paula!
The contest is now closed. LISHA!!! You’re the winner! Whee!!
OMG! I’d like to thank the Academy for this great honor! But I couldn’t have done it without all the little people I’ve stepped on along the way! *sob*
Now gimmee!
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