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Deborah Ann Lucas's avatar

On point as always, Jennie. I used the Blueprint three or four times during the revision of my memoir. The first time was the most excruciating to write, each point and why it mattered, the tent poles of the story, expanding out from there. After that, I checked back to see if I was following my memoir map, making adjustments to Blueprint and mss. We’ll soon see how successful my writing is in communicating my story with a theme of resilience. So far, the feedback has been good, like they are getting it. No matter what my success, I couldn’t have ever brought my mss. to good-enough-to-publish state without your guidance and the Blueprint, along with the stop light method. But that’s another post.

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Karen Mclaughlin's avatar

This was very helpful. I'm doing a serialized fiction here on Substack and am writing chapters about a week before they publish, but I did sit down and plot out each chapter with the action/plot point/story point/etc. It absolutely was the hardest part of the entire process so far. :) Thank you for sharing the blueprint info!

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Campbell Lakatos's avatar

Thanks, just grabbed it off Amazon. I’m struggling with what to leave in and what to cut out in the editing/revision stage. (I’m a first time non fiction author)

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Jennie Nash's avatar

Awesome -- let me know what you think!

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

I'm here to confirm that the Blueprint is a very good tool! I am excited to assign the Blueprint for a Novel in my novel-writing class this fall!

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Jennie Nash's avatar

Whaaaatt?? Can I come be a guest speaker? That is so cool!!!

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

CAN you??!!?? I was going to reach out and beg you! I’ll be in touch! xo

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Jennie Nash's avatar

I would be so delighted!!!!

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