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As luck would have it…

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…I’m holding a miserable, feverish toddler in my arms who very well may have 1) another ear infection or 2) strep throat. Difficult to diagnose when one is dealing with a mute toddler (mute except for the pitiful whining, that is. Poor baby!)

But I keep good on my word and don’t want to leave you with nothing, so I’m going to direct you to my review of Heat Wave by “Richard Castle” and ask you this:

Have you ever learned a valuable lesson in how not to write while reading? What was the lesson?

I look forward to your answers while I nurse my sick baby back to health.

The 8 C’s of Plotting: Worksheets

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8C-worksheet

If you haven’t read Part One, the introduction to the 8 C’s, read it here!

Use these worksheets to:

  • plan out the main plot skeleton of a novel
  • reduce a complex novel into one, overarching plot
  • understand the main plot of your novel, all the better to pitch with
  • get an idea of what to put in your synopsis
  • recognize how virtually all movies and novels use a similar structure
    • (and how each modifies the structure to fit its own needs)
  • make your other writer friends jealous of how organized you are

Do not use these worksheets to:

  • make money publishing or reposting my work
  • create your own blog post on the 8 C’s without linking back here
  • make paper airplanes (unless you recycle, of course)

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