Pro Plot Tricks for Fiction Writers

*This blog corresponds with an episode of the Write in 10 Podcast. You can listen to it below. They both cover the same material in different ways.

Plot does not have to mean an intricate sequence of twists and turns you’ve planned out on the wall of your living room. Some can be subtle and straight-forward. Boy meets girl and they end up together. Or they don’t

In this episode, we get to hear from Dr. Jennifer Kates. She tells us about a third option.

Jennifer is a Tennessee native who earned her Ph.D. in creative writing from Georgia State University. She teaches creative writing at Middle Tennessee State University. Her short stories have appeared in The Southwestern Review and GSU Review, where her story “Egg and Spoon” earned the short fiction award. She is the recipient of the Allen Tate Creative Writing Award, and serves as editor in chief of SHIFT: A Publication of MTSU Write. She was the 2015 President and serves as current co-executive director of the Southern…