{"product_id":"plotto-instruction-booklet-paperback","title":"Plotto Instruction Booklet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Wallace Cook\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Plamondon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cem\u003ePlotto Instruction Booklet\u003c\/em\u003e has been out of print since 1934, which is a shame, since it's difficult to figure out how to use \u003cem\u003ePlotto\u003c\/em\u003e without it!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally used by William Wallace Cook as the textbook for a course in using \u003cem\u003ePlotto, \u003c\/em\u003e it goes through both the mechanics and the philosophy of creating plots with \u003cem\u003ePlotto.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003ePlotto Instruction Booklet\u003c\/em\u003e in its original form is almost impossible to find, and in fact I owned a copy of \u003cem\u003ePlotto\u003c\/em\u003e for years before even realized that it existed. I was fortunate enough to track down a copy only 60 miles away and borrow it long enough to copy it. The result, reformatted and lightly edited, is what you're reading now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlotto\u003c\/em\u003e is the opposite of a random plot generator: using it will not write a story for you, or even structure one. It offers suggestions that you are expected to-required to-customize to fit the needs of your story. Plotto is a structured way of stimulating your imagination into creating the situations and conflicts you need, whether for a short story, a screenplay, or a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA century ago, William Wallace Cook was a pulp fiction writer famous for his immense output, solid creativity, and his use of organization and technology to ease the task of writing stories at high speed. His non-fiction books, \u003cem\u003ePlotto \u003c\/em\u003eand The\u003cem\u003e Fiction Factory, \u003c\/em\u003eare available through Norton Creek Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 58\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47327380111609,"sku":"9781938099120","price":23.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/2SZAL6rOKi9781938099120.webp?v=1769580833","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/plotto-instruction-booklet-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}