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2:8 / Think like a Pro / 5 A / Writer's Block part 1

Writer's Block doesn't exist.

That's heresy in the writing world, for everyone who doesn't think like a professional writer.

Professional writers can't afford to have writer's block. They discovered ways to analyze the problems and have come up with multiple solutions.

We have three forms of Writer's Block that we discuss in Think like a Pro: One Simple Injunction ~ Writer's Block doesn't Exist.

This episode looks at Writer's Refusal, a stoppage of our work but one that is not only easy to diagnose but also easy to solve. 

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2:7 / Think like a Pro / 4 B Aristotle Rocks Characters

2,400 years. That's how long ago Aristotle lived. How can someone that old have something to tell writers living NOW?

Well, Aristotle rocked the foundation for plot and characters.

Without him, we'd be starting from scratch ... and he still knows more than most writers and writing instructors about the 5 essentials for a character-illuminated plot and the 6 essential character types to have in any story.

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2:6 / Think like a Pro / 4 A / Aristotle Rocks Story

What can a man over 2400 years old tell us about story? More than most people think ~ especially since every new is merely a re-thinking about what he worked up over 2,000 years ago.

For a character-driven plot structure and essential characters, Aristotle has the rocks for our foundation to story. This episode looks at the 5 essentials for plot. The next episode looks at the essentials for character.

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4 Process Methods for Writers / Think like a Pro / 2:5

Plotter? Pantster? Puzzler? Muse Muffin? Which writing process method is best?

You ask, "Do I have to pick just one?"

That's the RIGHT answer! In this episode, we find out why.

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https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2021/01/plot-it-4-process-methods-for-writers.html 

2:4 2nd 3 Plot Methods / Think like a Pro

Thank you for listening.

We finish 6 plotting methods today with the 4-Act Structure, Kishotenketsu, and the Archetypal Story Structure. On the previous episode we discussed Freytag's Pyramid, Shakespeare's 5-Act Structure, and Complex Plot.

Information is taken from M.A. Lee's Think like a Pro. This is the 4th part (D) of chapter 3, "One Guiding Decision: Plot It."

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2:3 1st 3 Plot Methods / Think like a Pro

Of all the plots that writers write (!), their structural methods are only 6 in number. This episode we have the pros and cons of 3 Plot Methods.

In the next episode, we'll cover the other methods.

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2:2 Plot It / Think Like a Pro / Part B

It's a reboot of the 7 types of plot, with the simple key to developing your story and additional example stories. We also propose an exercise for the 7 plot types that will build story-crafting skills.

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1 :: 13 Plot It / Think like a Pro

We have ONE GUIDING DECISION for our writing, and that's related to Plot. However, the preliminary Plot Decision is to determine which of the 7 types of plot we're writing. Everything else comes from that ... even if we're writing avant garde literary fiction. The decision we makes builds the foundation. Pt. 1 of ch.3 of Think like a Pro.

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1 :: 12 Daily Writing / Think like a Pro

On to ch2 of Think like a Pro and onto the importance of increments and consistence, in the power of daily writing: Nulla Dies Sine Linea.

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