The Plot Whisperer method

Celebrated writing teacher and bestselling author Martha Alderson has devised the Plot Whisperer plotting system. It’s innovative and easy to implement, her plot blueprint helps writers devise a successful storyline for any genre. We highly recommend buying the Plot Whisperer book to make the best use of this plan.

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Plot has three elements.

Define these three elements in your story:

Character emotional development.

Dramatic action.

Thematic significance.

Plan your characters.

All the forces of antagonism in your story should embody the qualities missing from your protagonist’s life.

Fill out a profile for all major characters in your novel. This profiles the character at the start of the novel and also at the end of the novel. This will show how the character has changed in the story and how the character has been revealed through plot.

Name of character:

Overall story goal at the start of the story:

What stands in their way?

What does he/she stand to lose?

Character’s flaws:

How do the forces of antagonism in the story connect to the character’s flaws?

Character strength 1:

Character strength 2:

Character’s hates:

Character’s loves:

Character’s fears:

Character’s dreams:

Character secrets:

By the end of the story how has the character dealt with the overall story goal?

By the end of the story how has the character dealt with whatever stood in their way?

By the end of the story what did the character win or lose?

By the end of the story how did the character overcome their flaws?

By the end of the story how were the character’s strengths revealed?

By the end of the story how did we see the character deal with things he or she hates?

By the end of the story how did we we see the character experience things they love?

By the end of the story how did we see the character deal with their fears?

By the end of the story how did we see the character’s dreams explored?

By the end of the story how did we see the character’s secrets explored?

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