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Crafting Gripping Plots in Novels with Jock Serong
Welcome!
Meet Your Tutor (10:35)
Introduction
Part One: The Dreaming Part
Introduction
Plotting
Exercise: Checking Chekov’s Gun
Structure: Examples
The Three-Act Structure
Your Teacher: Structuring My New Novel
Hooks and Loops
Relentlessness
Exercise: Traffic Lights
Breathing
Exercise: Breathing
Plot and story
Shapes
Exercise: Shapes
Plotting Approaches I've Used
Part Two: The Making Part
Introduction
Techniques for Catching the Butterflies
Exercise: The Snowflake Method
Viewing Your Story
Exposition
Exercise: Changing the Angle
Juggling a Cast of Characters
Scenes, More Generally
Exercise: Stress-Testing Your Characters
Voice
Exercise: Voice
Misdirection, Twists and Laying the Crumbs
Part Three: The Organising Part
Introduction
Folders
Story Map Table
Scrivener
Conclusion
Goodbye (2:06)
Feedback
Thank you
Techniques for Catching the Butterflies
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