A Romance Writer's Take on the Plot Embryo / Story Circle Tool (not just for plotters!)

As a former pantser (now I call myself a story quilter), I've never paid a lot of attention to plotting tools, but there are some beats I have internalized, that I really like to lean into as I revise and tighten a manuscript. Once I have a book to play around with, plotting tools can be very handy for analyzing and assessing where the holes are, or if I've put a scene in the wrong place. My new favourite is the plot embryo, and it turns out, all my old favourite elements map onto it perfectly.

In this video, I mention Rachael Stephen's video, based on Dan Harmon's plot embryo concept, and her video is here:    • my favourite novel plotting method: t...  

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