Blockbuster Plots: Pure & Simple by Martha Alderson
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Book Reviews of Blockbuster Plots: Pure & Simple
Book Review: Got plot? If not, buy this book.
Summary: 5 Stars
Award-winning author, Martha Alderson, brings you the best advice a novel writer could have to design and complete a novel. Blockbuster Plots is the result of many years' work as a fiction writer, one who has been able to articulate her own winning methodology for creating outstanding plots that entice the reader and create the page turner novel from the outset. If you buy the DVD, you can work along with others as you take part in a live class that outlines her proces, step by step. You will find either the DVD or the book immediately usable. This information will be helpful to even seasoned fiction writers.
Sandra Foster, PhD
writing coach and performance enhancement psychologist
Book Review: Superb, stimulating
Summary: 5 Stars
Even the seasoned and super-successful writer will find this chatty butsuperbly planned book refreshing, stimulating, and sometimes even
positively corrective. The abundance of white space and the frequent
reminders make for easy reading. The appendices are worth the price of
the book!
Barbara Smith, Author of SIX MILES OUT and THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF
DEATH (both Mountain State Press, Charleston, WV), WRITER'S DIGEST Judge,
self-published books, Pushcart Prize-nominated short story writer,
chairwoman emerita of Alderson-Broaddus College's Division of Humanities and
a medical ethicist.
Book Review: Must have
Summary: 5 Stars
When I started writing I was overwhelmed with all the elements I had to keep in mind, but what I found is that plot is basic. This book is like a tool chest for writers, filled with all the compartments in all the exact places I need them, keeping me organized. I can't imagine writing without this book out. This is the reference I have out at all times, I never put it away.
When I tend to stray I go back to the book and it helps gets me back on track with my plotting.
Because I liked the book, I bought the kit. I've saved hours and hours of rewrites.
Book Review: Tips on everything from character development and depth of story line to action and theme clarification
Summary: 5 Stars
Confused about the basics of building a plot in a story? Martha Alderson's narrowed focus on how to produce a superior one applies to novels, memoirs and nonfiction alike, using scenes by contemporary writers from Twain to London to show how to create logical and substantial plots. Visual representation of scenes is the focus of a step-by-step workbook packed with tips on everything from character development and depth of story line to action and theme clarification. Any writer seeking to produce not just acceptable but superior works must have this guide.
Book Review: Useful Writing Guide
Summary: 5 Stars
What an outstanding writing guide! Very easy to follow and well organized. Plus it's full of useful tips and ideas with a user friendly web site to back it all up!
As a new writer, this book has helped eliminate my frustrations of plot and given me the tools to organize my writing efficiently. I am so thankful to have found a guide that improved my writing instantly. I continue to reference it.
Author Martha Alderson's excellent writing and teaching skills seen throughout this book will greatly benefit writers of all levels.