Peeling the layers back on character and plot as I prepare to fast draft next week. Also, The Matrix turns 20 this year and I wax philosophical on my Matrix tattoo.

This week’s best thing: New music from Sleater-Kinney! Video directed by Miranda July!

Mentions:

• Me and You and Everyone We Know – film by Miranda July
• No One Belongs Here More Than You – short story collection by Miranda July
• 20th anniversary of The Matrix – There is no spoon.
• Dramatica story theory – http://dramatica.com/
• Plot Outlining with Dramatica: https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/plot-outline.html
• Enneagrams: The Psychology of Creating Characters: http://booklaurie.com/workshops_psych.php
• Guardian article – “Watched plots… Hilary Mantel and the writers under pressure from fans” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/24/watched-plots-hilary-mantel-and-the-writers-under-pressure-from-fans

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Music credit:

Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM

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