blockbuster plots pure & simple by martha alderson

Author:martha alderson [alderson, martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781877809194
Publisher: Illusion Press
Published: 2004-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

12

FINAL ANALYSIS

CREATING A LASTING TAPESTRY

Congratulations! You have begun the process of plotting out your scenes on the Scene Tracker. Granted, the Scene Tracker represents merely one half of the entire process (Part Two follows), but even so, what you have begun is a substantial and important commitment to your writing.

For those of you who started out kicking and screaming that this sort of methodical, organized approach to writing is counterproductive to the creative process and not for you, the fact that you are reading this passage says to me that you walked into your fear. The reward for doing that which you most resist is always life changing. Congratulations!

Now, continue to fill in the Scene Tracker one scene at a time until you arrive at the last date, last action, final character growth or regression, and the last perfect thematic detail of your story. At first, you may need to refer back to the scene tracker explanations often. Be patient. In time and with practice, the elements of scene will become integrated into your being and seem second nature to you.

If, however, tracking each and every scene slows you down or becomes too tedious, adapt the techniques in any way that best works for you and use that. Remember, this process is intended to support you in your writing.

One writer confessed that “using the Scene Tracker was exhausting (emotionally and physically)–an hour or two of toxic colored-pen fumes and shoulder aches from writing on the wall. But when I was finished and could stand back and look at my chart, I was exhilarated. There’s really so much in my story–funny episodes, sadness, courage, the craziness of the 1960s. I was too close to see all the elements until I charted it out. That’s what I liked the best about the Scene Tracker: it enabled me to organize and make some order out of chaos.”

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