Pick A Number Series

This Pick a Number - Start a Story is the first in a series of 10 books dedicated to assisting the aspiring writer with telling their individual stories.

The first book, Start a Story, is a general overview of each component and how to use it to pull your story into an organized outline.

Each book uses over 500 movies and TV shows to illustrate the process.

There is space for each writer to add notes or to play around with different ideas for his or her own story in each section of the book.

This workbook explores the nine components that need to be considered when creating and developing a truly memorable plot: Idea, plot, characters, setting, event and motivation, goal and action, conflict, changes, and conclusion. With 16 different categories in each of the nine components and 500 movie examples, all writers will easily be able to develop a great framework for a truly clever and unique plot.

This workbook explores the nine components that must be considered when creating and developing a truly memorable character.

• Characters
• Name
• Occupation
• Appearance
• Background
• Positive traits
• Negative traits
• Attributes
• Personality types

This fourth book in the Pick a Number series, Select a Setting, gives any writer a multitude of ideas on how to create a believable backdrop for his or her character’s. To do that every story needs a PET:

• P PLACE where the story happens
• E ENVIRONMENT surroundings and ambiance
• T TIME past, present or future

Select a Setting is a DIY workbook on how to create and develop a memorable setting for your story. It is loaded with thousands of suggestions based on examples from over 500 movies and TV shows.  With 16 different categories and four movies examples in each of the nine components of a setting, every writer is sure to find new ideas for new and interesting settings. Sections include: Culture, Environment, Emotions, Geography, Make-believe, Place, Symbols, Time and Weather