Plotto Instruction Booklet

<p>This <em>Plotto Instruction Booklet</em> has been out of print since 1934 which is a shame since it's difficult to figure out how to use <em>Plotto</em> without it!</p><p></p><p>Originally used by William Wallace Cook as the textbook for a course in using <em>Plotto</em> it goes through both the mechanics and the philosophy of creating plots with <em>Plotto.</em></p><p>The <em>Plotto Instruction Booklet</em> in its original form is almost impossible to find and in fact I owned a copy of <em>Plotto</em> 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.</p><p></p><p><em>Plotto</em> 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.</p><p></p><p>A 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 <em>Plotto </em>and The<em> Fiction Factory </em>are available through Norton Creek Press.</p>