Plotting @ Teignmouth Heritage Centre

What is a plot?

Writers at Teignmouth finished their Phase One course yesterday. The writing focus of the session was defining and exploring plot. 

You can develop a greater awareness of your approach to plotting by considering these approaches and asking:
Are you a…
1. Pantser (I don't plan anything)
2. Plotter (I stick to a strict plan)
3. Inbetweener (I have a rough idea (outline) of my direction of travel)

Most of the Teignmouth writers considered themselves as "Inbetweeners" which is probably the safest option.

We considered what the perfect plot might look like…
We came to the conclusion that it would probably be something that had:

• ​a clearly defined idea - 'a story of human failing' for e.g.
• an interesting scenario within which to express the idea
• a series of events that increase jeopardy for the main protagonist.

Thanks to all the writers at Teignmouth for making the sessions so engaging and for coping with the weird ideas about how creative writing works.

Looking forward to starting Phase 2 of the course with you on Thursday March 10th at 1pm.

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