Writing Blockbuster Plots

Martha Alderson deconstructs plot at the scene and overall story levels in her series of writing resources for authors, including The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing; The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories (companion workbook to original); The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master (Adams Media); and Deep Scenes (with Jordan Rosenfeld, forthcoming from Writer's Digest in Fall 2015). As an international plot consultant for writers, Martha's clients include best-selling and award-winning authors, New York editors, and Hollywood movie directors. She teaches plot workshops to novelists, memoirists, and screenwriters privately, at plot retreats, through the Learning Annex, RWA, SCBWI, CWC chapter meetings, Writer's Digest, and The Writers Store, and at writers' conferences where she takes writers beyond the words and into the very heart of a story.As the founder of International Plot Writing Month (www.plotwrimo.com) in December, Martha manages the award-winning blog for writers: The Plot Whisperer, which has been awarded honors as a top writing advice blog by Writers Digest 2009 - 2013. Her vlog, How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay (www.youtube.com/user/marthaalderson), covers 27 steps to plotting your story from beginning to end and features playlists to help writers create compelling plots for their novels, memoirs, and screenplays.