Comments on: The Secret to Mastering Plot–Getting Primal

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Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:46:20 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:56:23 +0000

I want to be a novelist one day, but, for past three years, I’ve written only short stories. (I usually average three to four per month.)

In my opinion, starting with short fiction allows one to master the fundamentals of storytelling. A novel is a large endeavor…

By: Ted Henkle

Ted Henkle — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:13:52 +0000

I love “Save the Cat” and learned a lot from reading it, like asking myself, “is my story primal?” (The trick now is putting it into practice). BTW: Love your picture of the Zulus!

By: Blog Treasures 7-3 « Gene Lempp's Blog

Blog Treasures 7-3 « Gene Lempp's Blog — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:03:58 +0000

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By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:02:32 +0000

I’ve never met that fake idea fairy, thank goodness. I recall hearing that there are only 150 sitcom story ideas, too. Likewise, movie plots keep getting recycled and on and on. I agree with your periodic table of elements analogy. It would explain why new ideas are so ill-received: like the newer, triple-digit elements, they’re radioactive. Oh, poor mutant thing, so new and different under the sun that people have no idea how to feed and care for you.

By: The End is Near (and we deserve it). . . . « Author Piper Bayard

The End is Near (and we deserve it). . . . « Author Piper Bayard — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:29:20 +0000

[…] The Secret to Mastering Plot–Getting Primal by Kristen Lamb. I think everyone should read this blog before writing a story. It would save the world from a lot of crappy stories. […]

By: Piper Bayard

Piper Bayard — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:19:21 +0000

Everyone should be required to read this blog before they start writing a story.

By: Tea Time – Why Cars 2 is Pixar’s First Storytelling Mistake « Antonio Guadagno

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:33:21 +0000

[…] broken down to one sentence, or it’s likely too complex. Following the method on that blog (here) I’m going to break down some Pixar movies, with Cars 2 […]

By: Jenn Thorson

Jenn Thorson — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:00:02 +0000

Your comment about flashbacks makes me think of a scene in the film “Funny Farm,” where the wife reads Chevy Chase’s novel and finds herself weeping that in the first few pages alone he’d had a “flashback, a flash forward, and a flash sideways.”

Interestingly, I’d read writing advice recently that suggested you should always start a book at its most exciting, pinnacle scene…implying most of the entire story for every story should be flashback. Felt that seemed like an incredibly bad idea then; am certain it’s an incredibly bad idea now. 🙂

By: Les Howard

Les Howard — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:03:19 +0000

In reply to Author Kristen Lamb. Good insight Kristin. I read that and thought it was so true of photographers as well. I re-read it substituting 'photographer' for 'writer' and it is so true. People think that all I need to do is push the shutter button. How difficult can hat be?