Laini Taylor, author of the Dreamdark books and Lips Touch, just did a breakout section on plot at the SCBWI Western Washington 2010 conference. I found the recap article posted by the chapter very helpful.
She had a lot of great thoughts on plot, including: “The plot is the sequence of events over which your themes, your premise, your conflicts, and your character growth play out.”
Read more at:
http://chinookupdate.blogspot.com/2010/04/laini-taylor-on-big-juicy-plots.html
Additional information from the Western Washington conference is here:
http://chinookupdate.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20annual%20conference
Makes me wish I lived on the west coast!
Happy reading,
Martina