Writing Club by School of Plot

Latest Episodes:

Wrote a Fantasy Book (Q+A) Mar 18, 2024

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I wrote a dark, comedic fantasy book. I answer your questions about outlining, timeframe, characters and more! I'll be regularly(-ish) posting about my self-publishing journey so we'll both learn exactly how it works.

FREE PLOT OUTLINE TEMPLATE: 📜 https://schoolofplot.com/pages/free-downloads And you can find me at all these other places too: ➡️ INSTA: (My main place of posting) https://www.instagram.com/schoolofplot/ ➡️ PINTEREST: (Also quite active, longer-form writing guides) [https://www.pinterest.co.uk/schoolofplot ➡️TIKTOK: (Memes and foolishness) https://www.tiktok.com/@theschoolofplot Finally, you can find some writing resources I made for you here: 📖 WRITING WORKBOOKS: https://schoolofplot.com/collections/workbooks 💻 WRITING BLOG: https://schoolofplot.com/blogs/writing-guides

Ranking Fantasy Writing Cliches Feb 25, 2024

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Handsome fairies, evil advisors, rebellious princesses who are bad at embroidery...and 45 other fantasy cliches. I tier rank them on a scale from cold lumpy porridge to hot buttery pie. Also I want to change my opinion on “name day” as a fantasy cliche. I’ve since learned that they’re a pretty normal thing in some cultures. That would be such a cool thing to explore in fantasy (as opposed to just using that term as a replacement for birthday) and I want to upgrade it to 🥧!

Writing Trick: Endless Story Ideas Feb 17, 2024

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Hey writer! Welcome to the shoddy beginnings of my podcast.

Here's a (very very) simple trick if you need an idea for a story: apply the 5 Ws to any painting. In this video, I walk you through an example. Here are the resources I mentioned in the video: FREE PLOT OUTLINE TEMPLATE: 📜 https://schoolofplot.com/pages/free-downloads CORNISH MYTH RESOURCE (I just think it's cool!) 🧚 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1252513 (part 1 - you may need to log in through your uni/school/local library) 🧚 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1252541 (part 2) 🧚 https://wildernessengland.com/blog/cornish-folklore/ And you can find me at all these other places too: ➡️ INSTA: (My pain place of posting) @schoolofplot ➡️ PINTEREST: (Also quite active, longer-form writing guides) @schoolofplot ➡️TIKTOK: (Memes and foolishness) @THEschoolofplot

And of course, schoolofplot.com