Oct 17 2009
A useful guide to plotting
The writing website LegendFire has a plotting guide that I found very useful.
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Wow, we’ve received two new members today b/c of this reference to our writing community. I’ll have to send a heads up to Dustin Tigner, who compiled the plotting guide. He’ll be thrilled to know that writers out there are finding his efforts worthwhile.
I also wish he had continued to compile further additions of the manual, but he’s moved on and we miss him. 🙁
Best wishes!
If you’d like a manual, I’d be eager to help. Do you guys have a submissions page or other guidelines?
This is wonderful, B. Mac. I’ve referred it to several first-time novelists in the NaNoWriMo community. Thanks!