Stonepile Writers

Provided by B.J. Robinson

20 Master Plots
http://web.mit.edu/mbarker/www/exercises/plot.html

13 Things to Do When You Run Out of Plot
http://matociquala.livejournal.com/1020402.html

Exercise:  after reviewing the material at the links above, jot down three or five plot possibilities.  Now infuse into these plot devices a sense of wonder. 

To help with this exercise, please refer to the following links:

Oxford University Speculative Fiction Group’s definition of a sense of wonder http://urchin.earth.li/cgi-bin/twic/wiki/view.pl?page=SenseOfWonder

Wikipedia’s definition of a sense of wonder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_of_wonder

Stephen Baxter on how he infuses his work with sense of wonder
http://www.sfwa.org/bulletin/articles/baxter.htm

A great article discussing exposition in speculative fiction to prep for Friday. Provided by John Scott.

 Finessing the Infodump

Rather than print these out for everyone, using up ink, electricity, and paper, I’m passing along some links for you to look at. This is in prep for Friday’s meeting.

Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions (I didn’t know there were sooo many questions.)

World-Building Resources (lots and lots of good stuff!)

Medieval Demographics (a little number crunching for populations)

Constructed Human Languages

Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds

World Builder Projects (has not been updated in 4 years, but still good stuff)

In preparing for our upcoming meeting in May, you might like to find out just which sciFi or fantasy character you identify with. So try out the link below and let us know via a comment to this post.

http://www.tk421.net/character/