070T – Using Chris Fox’s Plot Gardening System

WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast: Write a Book, Change the World with Kitty Bucholtz · May 29, 2018 · 20m

Chris Fox came on the show last week to talk about his new book, Plot Gardening. I've been reading the book and making notes as I go through it, and it occurred to me that I might be able to help you as you work through a new book or try to figure out what to do with one in progress.

In Chris's book, he talks about how to build the characters, the plot, the world, a step at a time. One question he asked was - how is your book different from others in your genre. As always, my first thought was, "I don't know. Uh-oh! It isn't!" :-D

But that's not necessarily true - our books can be quite…