Character-First Plotting

Welcome to our interactive, participatory workshop about plotting a novel.

In this session, Daniel will offer you two powerful techniques for improving your fiction, and will set you a writing prompt to help you get started (or re-see) your novel during the workshop itself.

In particular, we're going to look at some ways to build plot naturally, organically, rather than imposing a structure on the story from outside. When we plot "character-first," the craft of fiction becomes a lot more accessible and easy to understand -- and readers enjoy our work more, too.
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"Daniel David Wallace gives smart, clear-headed editorial advice and his services are well worth every penny. Even working with a literary agency, going through rewrites, I had not received this level of attentiveness, this kind of sensitivity to the project at hand. Daniel responded quickly and was generous with feedback.

His suggestions have helped enormously--and he is particularly astute about issues of plotting, and whether the structure is serving the characters and their story. I hope Daniel Wallace is still accepting clients when I finish my next novel, because his service is invaluable."

- Martha Otis