Great Character-Building Post at the Plot Whisperer

Another great exercise from Martha at the Plot Whisperer. Check this one out if you have an issue with your protagonist's past, wants and needs. Fantastic stuff!

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A Tough Nut To Crack

The only real antagonist is the protagonist herself.

1) Draw a bubble in the middle of a piece of paper. Write the protagonist's deepest held belief, the one that prevents her from having that which she wants more than anything else in the world. Or do this exercise on yourself to determine what's blocking you -- I'm not good enough, I'm not smart enough, I don't do enough -- pick one, create one, we've all got them.

2) Spiraling out from the bubble, create other bubbles each with an...

Read Martha's entire post (told you it was great stuff!):

A Tough Nut To Crack at The Plot Whisperer

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Happpy Writing!

Beth

The Plot Whisperer is at it again!

The wonderfully generous and insightful Plot Whisperer, aka Martha Alderson, is at it again...this time, posting a daily series of activities and thoughts on plot to help bring your fictional one(s) to life.

Honestly, I really want to know where to find the wellspring of plot knowledge she's tapping for my own selfish benefit :) but for now I'll settle for her helpful posts.

She's got too much stuff over there to condense it down into a line or two. If you haven't read Blockbuster Plots, you need to. Shell out the bucks because I guarantee you'll never read another plot the same way again.

In the meantime, go visit her amazing series of posts at The Plot Whisperer

Happy Plotting (I never really believed in that before Martha!)

Beth