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    Plot Perfect: How to Build Unforgettable Stories Scene by Scene
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    Plot Perfect: How to Build Unforgettable Stories Scene by Scene

    By Paula Munier

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    Build an Exceptional Plot, One Scene at a Time!

    Think of your favorite story--the one that kept you turning pages late into the night, the one with a plot so compelling, so multilayered, so perfect that you couldn't put it down. How can you make your own plots--in your novels, short stories, memoirs, or screenplays--just as irresistible?

    Plot Perfect provides the answer. This one-of-a-kind plotting primer reveals the secrets of creating a story structure that works--no matter what your genre. It gives you the strategies you need to build a scene-by-scene blueprint that will help elevate your fiction and earn the attention of agents and editors.

    Inside, literary agent, editor, and author Paula Munier shows you how to:

    • Devise powerful plots and subplots and weave them together seamlessly
    • Organize your scenes for the greatest impact
    • Develop captivating protagonists, worthy antagonists, and engaging secondary characters
    • Use dialogue, setting, tone, and voice to enhance your plot
    • Layer, refine, and polish your storyline
    • Define your story in terms of its theme
    Filled with writing exercises, plotting templates, and expert advice, Plot Perfect helps you dive into the intricacies of plot--and write a compelling story that readers won't be able to resist.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriter's Digest Books
    Release dateOct 17, 2014
    ISBN9781599638188
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    Plot Perfect: How to Build Unforgettable Stories Scene by Scene
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    Paula Munier

    PAULA MUNIER is the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Mercy Carr mysteries. A Borrowing of Bones, the first in the series, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and named the Dogwise Book of the Year. Blind Search also won a Dogwise Award. The Hiding Place and The Wedding Plot both appeared on several “Best Of” lists. HOME AT NIGHT, the fifth book in the series, was inspired by her volunteer work as a Natural Resources Steward of New Hampshire. Along with her love of nature, Paula credits the hero dogs of Mission K9 Rescue, her own rescue dogs, and a deep affection for New England as her series’ major influences. A literary agent by day, she’s also written three popular books on writing: Plot Perfect, The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings, and Writing with Quiet Hands, as well as Happier Every Day and the memoir Fixing Freddie: The True Story of a Boy, a Mom, and a Very, Very Bad Beagle. She lives in New England with her family and Bear the Newfoundland-retriever rescue, Bliss the Great Pyrenees-Australian cattle dog rescue, pandemic puppy Blondie, a Malinois rescue (much like Elvis in her books), and Ursula The Cat, a rescue torbie tabby who does not think much of the dogs. For more, check out www.paulamunier.com.

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