Today’s video is another long one as Chris goes over days 5 to 9 of his 15 Day Novel Challenge. Chris continues writing about the Dark Lord Bert, and shows his progress on the novel for each day covered in the challenge. Follow along in the video below! You can download the Scrivener files on…
The Creative Penn Podcast – Plot Gardening With Chris Fox
Chris was recently interviewed on The Creative Penn podcast about his most recent book for authors, Plot Gardening. Here are the show notes on the topics covered in the interview: On the impetus to write a book about craft On the development of writing craft over time Using the gardening metaphor in relation to both…
15 Day Novel Challenge Days 1 to 4
The 15 Day Novel Challenge has begun! This week’s video is a summary of days 1 to 4 of Chris’s 15 Day Novel Challenge. It’s a much longer video than his usual weekly videos, and he goes into depth on his progress for each day of the challenge. Check out the video below to watch…
How to Plot a Novel From Scratch Part 5
In this week’s video, Chris continues his series on how to plot a novel from scratch. Since it has been a while since the last plotting video, Chris goes back to his World of Cliche and talks about how he has fleshed out the story, setting, and characters in the meantime. He shows how letting…
Plot Gardening Released on Audiobook
Chris’s latest book for writers, Plot Gardening, has been released on Audible! Learn to plot without sacrificing creativity What separates great novels from mediocre ones? Story. Authors that master this vital skill keep their readers and listeners up at night, and suffer the deluge of ‘when is the next book coming out’ emails. Whether you…
Plot Gardening: Write Faster, Writer Smarter
Learn to Plot without sacrificing Creativity What separates great novels from mediocre ones? Story. Authors that master this vital skill keep their readers up at night, and suffer the deluge of ‘when is the next book coming out’ emails. Whether you are a first time novelist, or a seasoned author, Plot Gardening will teach you…
How to Plot Your Novel From Scratch Part 4
Part 4 in the How to Plot Your Novel From Scratch video series is up today. In this video, Chris continues development on World of Cliche. He fleshes out many sections of the plot, including adding both characters and events. Listen to Chris walk through his plot so far in the video below:
How to Plot Your Novel From Scratch Part 3
Today’s video is the third in the series that shows how Chris plots his novels. Chris shows some more of his process and talks about how he found his protagonist. He fleshes out the character a bit and adds in some more background elements to his story. Watch the video below to see how the…
How to Plot a Novel From Scratch Part 2
As a follow up to last week, in this week’s video Chris continues giving tips on how to plot a novel from scratch. Taking his novel idea from last week, World of Cliche, Chris fleshes out his ideas a bit, creating a few characters, a setting for the novel and more details about how the…
How to Plot a Novel From Scratch, Part 1
In this week’s video, Chris takes a look at how to plot a novel from scratch. He starts with an idea he has for a novel (World of Cliche) and goes over his process on how to start plotting out an idea. If you’re having trouble starting to plot your novel, take a look at…