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Plot Gardening: A Simple Guide to Outlining Your Novel
- Write Faster, Write Smarter Series, Book 7
- Narrated by: Ryan Kennard Burke
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 05-28-18
- Language: English
- Publisher: Christopher T Fox
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $14.95
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Publisher's Summary
Learn to plot without sacrificing creativity
What separates great novels from mediocre ones? Story. Authors that master this vital skill keep their readers and listeners up at night, and suffer the deluge of 'when is the next book coming out' emails.
Whether you are a first-time novelist, or a seasoned author, Plot Gardening will teach you the fundamentals of storytelling, delivered in a practical way. Through exercises at the end of each chapter you will build your own outline, and you'll do it without sacrificing the creativity that is so vital to telling great stories.
From this audiobook you'll learn:
- The basics of story structure, and how it is used
- How and why worldbuilding is important, and how to do your own worldbuilding
- The components of great characters, and how you can bring yours to life
- How to create a living outline that will change and adapt as your characters come to life
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- Christopher
- 06-23-18
Informative
I liked it. Informative. Gives a different direction than just outline everything and pantsing. I liked the examples he uses for steps and shows how they work.
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- Tom H.
- RED OAK, TX, United States
- 06-05-18
No Fluff, just actionable info
Plot Gardening is clear, concise, and straight to the point. You won't find any new plotting formulas here, just a well packaged breakdown of a few existing plot systems. Chris has a way of taking this daunting subject and making it very accessible.
Just remember to do the exercises. ;)
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- camp
- 10-04-18
Good information
I wasn't sure I was going to learn anything new, and I was pleasantly surprised. Good narration. Good information.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-06-18
Chris Fox does it again
Chris is one of the best resources out in the wilderness of indie publishing. Really enjoyed his simple and effective strategies for plotting a novel. Thanks Chris.