PLOTTO winner, PLOTTO, and Tin House united at last! As the winner of The Master Contest of All Plots, John Lawton just spent a long weekend finishing a new story in the Tin House writer's studio. (We like to think at least one of Plotto's 1,462 plots came in handy.)
Cheered when I found this in the mailbox today! Thanks @Tin_House !
#giftideas: For the reader who has everything, here are 1,462 plots they don't have. #plotto #booklovers
On to Week 2! Here's the latest prompt for PLOTTO: THE MASTER CONTEST OF ALL PLOTS. 📝📖🏅🏆
Weekly winners will be published on tinhouse.com, read their stories on Oregon Public Broadcasting's State of Wonder, and enter the running for the grand prize: The #Plotto Residency, a long weekend writers retreat in Portland, travel paid!
Stories, 500 words or less, due 10/31 at 5pm PST. Enter the #contest at www.tinhouse.com
Calling all writers! #Plotto: THE MASTER CONTEST OF ALL PLOTS starts today!
Weekly winners will be published on tinhouse.com, read their stories on Oregon Public Broadcasting's State of Wonder, and enter the running for the grand prize: a long weekend writer's retreat at the Tin House studio in Portland, travel paid.
This is the first week's prompt. Stories, 500 words or less, due 10/24 at 5pm PST. Visit www.tinhouse.com for #contest details!
Every reader and writer is going to fall in love with this gorgeous edition of PLOTTO, "master book of all plots," coming this November from @Tin_House books. It's this nerd's new favorite go-to
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Tools of the trade. While going through submissions to the agency's Writers Digest University course tonight, I found myself often referencing Jennie Jarvis' CRAFTING THE CHARACTER ARC when addressing issues of characterization in manuscripts. "Who is your protagonist? How does that person's story drive the narrative forward? How will your reader/viewer identify with this protagonist?" page 24
