Musings about some of my favorite fantasy literature for young readers, comics old and new, the peculiar publishing industry, the future of books, kids today, and the writing process.
Last weekend I was at the SCWBI New England annual conference, co-directed by my writing-group colleagues Greg Fishbone, Kathryn Hulick, and Marilyn Salerno.
At that conference I debuted a new workshop titled “Milestones to an Exciting Plot,” in which I tried to leave behind the three-act structure in favor of something less predictable.
J. L. BELL is a writer and reader of fantasy literature for children. His favorite authors include L. Frank Baum, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper. He is an Assistant Regional Advisor in the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, and was the editor of Oziana, creative magazine of the International Wizard of Oz Club, from 2004 to 2010.
Living in Massachusetts, Bell also writes about the American Revolution at Boston 1775.
3 comments:
This is too much fun!
This is awesome - thank you - I'm just plotting at the moment and I'm going to try this today!!
I saw this on tumblr AmandaonWriting, you have done an exceptional job! I studied plotting with the amazing Jim Frey (How to Write a Damn Good Novel) and this is a fantastic schematic. I've plotted out my second novel with this and it profoundly helps... THANK YOU!
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