BLOCKBUSTER PLOTS Pure & Simple Written by Martha Alderson, M.A. 200 Pages; 7.5 x 9 inch Paperback ISBN: 1-877809-19-5   Retail Price: $25.00 Are you confused about Plot? You are not alone. In BLOCKBUSTER PLOTS Pure & Simple, Martha Alderson presents step-by-step strategies that demystify the structure of story. (*) Do you want to maximize your scenes and provide depth to your stories? This is the book for you. Whether you write novels, screenplays, memoirs, short stories, or creative non-fiction, you will benefit from a visual representation of the scenes and plot of your project. Track the 7 most important elements of scene on a Scene Tracker. Use the Plot Planner to develop a multi-layered plot-line for your individual project. ** (*) For College and University English professors: BLOCKBUSTER PLOTS Pure & Simple is a handy tool to help your English students breakdown and understand plot and the elements of scene in classic novels. For College and University Creative Writing professors: BLOCKBUSTER PLOTS Pure & Simple is a handy tool to help your writing students grasp plot. (**) Wholesale discounts available. DVD: BLOCKBUSTER PLOTS Pure & Simple SCENE TRACKER WORKSHOP Retail Price: $30.00 Plot is a series of scenes deliberately arranged by cause and effect to create the most satisfying DRAMA/ACTION, EMOTION/CHARACTER through tension and conflict so as to reveal the deepest and most significant THEMATIC MEANING. Writers of novels, memoirs and creative non-fiction require some sort of system to keep track of all the scenes and the information in each scene - the dates; the action plot line; the character development and the thematic significance. A simple technique is to create a visual representation of your story called a Scene Tracker. This technique works especially well for sorting out all the threads of your project, saving you both time and effort. Think of the Scene Tracker as the loom that holds your story ideas, scene fragments, character development, snippets of dialogue, research and details, tension and conflict in roughly the order you envision the story will unfold. You may start out with lots of holes and gaps in your Scene Tracker, but these will be filled as you come to know your story and characters better. If you have already written a draft or two, the Scene Tracker can help you with your rewrites. You can use it to determine whether scenes and transitions, characters' emotional changes and your use of detail are contributing all they should to the project's development. The plot writing workshops are divided between lecture, time for development of the Scene Tracker for your individual project, and movement. For the sake of convenience, the lectures give independent consideration to the dramatic (action), emotional (character development), and thematic aspects of story, but keep in mind that all aspects of a successful writing project must become integrated into the total structure to create its unity, and that achieving this unity is the goal of every writer. The example used in the Scene Tracker workshop that was video-taped for the VHS and DVD is F. Scott Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby. The running time of the Scene Tracker VHS and DVD is 1:47:00. DVD: BLOCKBUSTER PLOTS Pure & Simple PLOT PLANNER WORKSHOP Retail Price: $30.00 Plot is a series of scenes deliberately arranged by cause and effect to create the most satisfying DRAMA/ACTION, EMOTION/CHARACTER through tension and conflict so as to reveal the deepest and most significant THEMATIC MEANING. Confused? You are not alone. Plot took me years to pin down. Need help? Throughout the year, I share in these two writing workshops the techniques I have found useful for creating a compelling plot and for heightening tension and suspense. By looking more closely at the dynamics of cause and effect, you will be better able to create scenes that lead to a solid plot. By exploring how well-constructed characters in conflict act as the driving force behind an exceptional story, you will be better able to create your own exceptional story. By delving into theme, you will be better able to give your project lasting meaning. If you are having a difficult time seeing where your story is headed, or if ideas are rolling around in your head but you can't get started, or if your book has been rejected time and time again, you most likely need help with plot. If so, this is the workshop for you. Whether you are a novelist, short story writer, memoirist, or writing creative nonfiction, you will benefit from a well-constructed plotline of the dramatic, emotional, and thematic elements of your project. A clearly formulated plotline will help you get going, prevent you from stalling partway through, and guarantee that even those of you who never finish anything will make to the euphoric end. The plot writing workshops are divided between lecture, time for development of the plotlines for your individual project, and movement. For the sake of convenience, the lectures give independent consideration to the dramatic (action), emotional (character development), and thematic aspects of story, but keep in mind that all aspects of a successful writing project must become integrated into the total structure to create its unity, and that achieving this unity is the goal of every writer. The running time of the Plot Planner VHS and DVD is 2:00:00. BLOCKBUSTER PLOTS Pure & Simple Written by: Martha Alderson, M.A. ISBN: 1-877809-19-5 Retail Price: $25.00 more info... DVD: BLOCKBUSTER PLOTS Pure & Simple SCENE TRACKER WORKSHOP Retail Price: $30.00 more info... DVD: BLOCKBUSTER PLOTS Pure & Simple PLOT PLANNER WORKSHOP Retail Price: $30.00 more info...