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Blockbuster Plots: Scene Tracker Kit

Don’t hack through the wilderness of plotting alone!

From the mind of the Martha Alderson, aka the Plot Whisperer, comes Blockbuster Plots: The Scene Tracker Kit - everything you need to demystify the structure of story and keep your story rolling. Whether you write novels, memoirs, short stories, or creative non fiction, with Martha’s guidance, you will be able to dramatically cut the time it takes to finish your story.

This kit includes:

Blockbuster Plots - Pure and Simple

Are you having difficulty seeing where your story is headed? Do you have ideas are rolling around in your head but you are having trouble getting started? Want to maximize your scenes and provide depth to your stories? This is the book for you.

By analyzing scenes written by classic and contemporary writers such as Twain, McCarthy, London, Fitch, Chopin, and Letts, you will discover how easy it is to:

  • Pre-plot
  • Link scenes through Cause and Effect
  • Determine which scenes are flat and why
  • Set up tension, conflict and suspense
  • Develop complex characters
  • Establish compelling action
  • Re-vision your rewrites
  • Clarify your theme
  • Deepen and expand your narrative

The Seven Essential Elements of Scene – A Writers Workshop DVD

A good scene can advance the plot of the story, develop the character, contribute to the theme, provide tension and conflict and/or reflect a change in attitude or circumstances. A great scene does all of these at once.

This DVD is indispensable instruction on creating great scenes. You will learn how to create a visual representation of the scenes in a story in order to analyze the depth of each scene. Additionally, the chapters cover:

  • Time and Place
  • Character Emotional Development
  • Goal
  • Dramatic Action
  • Conflict, tension, suspense
  • Emotional Change
  • Thematic Significance
  • Sensory Details

The Scene Tracker Template – A Writers Tool CD

Story is conflict shown in scene. Check to see how many of your scenes work on 7 different layers at once. The Scene Tracker helps you track the 7 most important elements in a scene as outlined in Blockbuster Plots - Pure & Simple.

The Scene Tracker Template CD holds a master template of the Scene Tracker as explained in Blockbuster Plots - Pure & Simple. Included on the CD is a brief explanation of how to use the Scene Tracker template. A sample Scene Tracker using Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden has been filled out for you, Post-it notes and all.

This CD requires the free Adobe reader to print out scenes. If you wish to save the work you will need Adobe Professional.


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Meet the Author: Martha Alderson, M.A.

Martha Alderson, M.A. is an international plot consultant and the founder of Blockbuster Plots for Writers. Her clients include best-selling authors, New York editors and Hollywood directors. She can help you, too, with plot. As a writing instructor, she has taught plot and scene development and historical novel writing at the University of California at Santa Cruz Extension, Learning Annex, writers conferences and workshops in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and in Washington State. She has written for The Writer magazine and Writer's Digest Magazine. Martha is available for plot consultations. 
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