Plots Unlimited: A Creative Source for Generating a Virtually Limitless Number and Variety of Story Plots and Outlines

Editorial Review:

This is a veritable thesaurus of exciting plot twists and story moves that work for any composition of any genre.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

Good . . . for the novice.:

I bought this book because i was in the middle of writing another novel and was plumb out of ideas to fill in them pesky plot-hole connections. I was hoping for it to spark some mental flow, but as i came to discover this book is purely for those who are beginning with absolutely no idea of what they intend to write about.
There are some hokey things it suggests, but if you have any creative talent at all there are definately ways to twist your suggested 'investigative reporter' to another career line... more info

Hard to understand:

This book is probably very good in many ways, but it is hard to read with all the codes and references and cross sections. I frankly don't have the time. There must be a better way to write a book like this.

Glad I gave it a chance.:

After reading some of the reviews here on Amazon and wondering if I might've made a mistake, I'm glad that I did pick up this book.
Now for those of you who think this book is going to put the perfect story in your head, stop reading right here and abandon ship. Sure, it'll help you mix and match possible (keyword: POSSIBLE) ideas.
In the end, you have to have some creativity of your own to take what you've gotten out of the book and make it something that is truly your own.
This book will... more info

This book is a tool. Remember that and you'll love it.:

I picked this book up at my local library without knowing anything about it. I didn't spend much time with it while I was browsing and when I got it home I thumbed through it for about 15 minutes trying to get a better sense of the process of constructing plots ... without reading the instructions.
I was baffled.
Then I dialed up Amazon and read some of the reviews. Most of them are unflattering: the book is ripped off from William Wallace Cook's "Plotto"; it's too hard; good if all you want to... more info

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