#PlotTober 17 Both my second book and my WIP do this literally with my MCs leaving where they've lived. The first book also has the MC going someplace she's never been, but it's just out with people she'd usually avoid because she's a high schooler www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober 16 The inciting incident in my WIP is so common, the MC doesn't recognize it. In the first line of the second paragraph, she even says, "The weekend started normally enough." www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober 15 The midpoint of my WIP is when how the MC approaches life suddenly no longer works, and she has nothing. She has so much nothing, there isn't even anything to build back at that point www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober 14 I wrote my 1st book because of an event where, as it occurred, I thought it would make a great book ending & created characters & plot to get there. For my 2nd, my WIP, & my vague idea, I've done the same: known the ending & worked back. So, for me, no? www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober 13 I'm about a third of the way through my WIP, so I already have introductory plot points. This book starts with everything going perfectly for the MC because that's the life she's created for herself www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober 12 Since my MC has lost everything, there are no obstacles preventing her change. She isn't even her own obstacle because any choice she makes is more authentic than what she was pretending to be. (My other two books have the MC wrestling with themselves.) www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober 11 A plot point means my MC can't avoid growing and changing. Without it, she would have ended up like a side character from my second book who managed to not change for THIRTY SIX YEARS www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober 10 My WIP's MC behaves the way she does to keep her backstory at bay. More than that would give away a major plot point www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober 9 My answer has been the same for the past few days: My MC controls and manipulates everything and everyone. When that is taken from her, she spectacularly gives up and allows another person to dictate her every move until she adjusts to her new situation www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober My MC starts the WIP successfully pursuing her goals. Then, she can't anymore and is at a loss as to what to do next www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober My MC's goal is to control everyone and everything so she can control her life and protect herself from anything bad happening ever again www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

PlotTober 6 My WIP's MC's goal is to control everything around her. When she can no longer do that, her goal is to survive www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober 1st person WIP, so one MC. My goal is for her do awful things, but readers feel for her and understand why she does them. I want to show how her (and other characters') potential was wasted due to the past and see how/if they change it. (Not everyone does.) www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober I want my MC at the Grand Canyon at sunrise so she can understand things exist beyond her experience. My most recent book had a scene on a train between Prague and Berlin. This required SO MUCH TIME with a map and a rail schedule to (hopefully) get it right www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

#PlotTober I didn't use media inspiration for my WIP, but people may think I did. Sadly, sexual abuse is common even when not in the news. I DID use real life in my last book. Someone throwing a German dictator salute seemed too much, but then Inauguration happened... www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

My WIP began because I wondered why the antagonist from my first book behaved as she did. Tropes/archetypes: redemption arc, mean girl, forced proximity, road trip, revenge, and coping with the past. Theme: (as always for me) finding your true self #PlotTober www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett...

Introduce Yourself and Your WIP: I'm Yvette, author of The Last Year of the Rest of My Life and its 35 years later sequel And Here We Are. www.amazon.com/stores/Yvett... My WIP follows the antagonist in this universe (to explore why they're so mean) and takes place between the two. #PlotTober

@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social There are no gray hoodies for sale at The Moore in Seattle, and this seems to be a missed merch opportunity. Seattle loves their hoodies

Now the pressure is just getting people to buy it: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKZQK4C...

June Promote Your Novel 30: I made it to the end! Speaking of the end, that was the first scene I had. Just the image of someone walking away in a high school cafeteria. I went backwards from there as to who that was and what led to that point #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Novel 29: Tell people why they should read your book. Teen pregnancy. Abortion was a huge controversy in the '80s, so it had to be addressed. I went with people making the decision which is best for them #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Novel 28: Tell people why they should read your book. I tried to subtlely (but '80s believably) subvert gender norms. For instance, my female MC rescues the male LI from a fight #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Debut Novel 27: Tell people why they should read your book. Drugs. What '80s high school set book would be complete without a significant amount of drugs? #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Novel 26: In 9th grade, the teacher asked why a kid was absent. Someone said Hanukkah. The teacher said if David took off his religious holidays, he should come to school on xmas. I put this comment in the mouth of my worst character. #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Debut Novel 25: Tell people why they should read your book. There can't be a high school setting without discussing peer pressure and how to stand up to it! #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Novel 24: Randy Rhoads may be the ultimate What If story. He was talented, serious about his craft, and died young through no fault of his own. My LI isn't based on Rhoads, but he was in my mind when creating Keith #booksky #writersky #randyrhoads www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Debut Novel 23: Tell people why they should read your book. Reality. Yesterday, someone told me, "I really wanted Jimmy to get his at the end, but I understand the point is that terrible people often get away with it." #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Debut Novel 22: Tell people why they should read your book. Best I can do for today is it may distract you from the events of yesterday #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Debut Novel 21: Tell people why they should read your book. Sex. Not for erotica (my characters are high schoolers), but for the characters to learn about themselves and others as they determine their thoughts and feelings about sex #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Debut Novel 20: I'm pretty funny. I've even won awards for being funny, so at least some people besides me also think so #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Debut Novel: Juneteenth was not yet a holiday when my book was set, and my POV character would not have known about it. I tried to show injustice and people's reactions to it in ways which rang true to the '80s, and I hope I succeeded #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Novel 18: Puns. My characters go to The Bluebird restaurant where all the dishes are blue themed. I wrote an early version of this scene pre Office Space, but, yes, it's the type of place where servers must wear 15 pieces of flair #books #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Debut Novel 17: Tell people why they should read your book I named the MC's dog Rasputin, and I'm pretty proud of arriving at that name #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Debut Novel 16: Tell people why they should read your book Because I spent SO LONG with a calendar making sure the dates made sense, and I want people to validate all that work #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Novel Challenge 15: Dads. My MC stands up to racism directed against her dad. The scene is based on a college roommate I had who thought it was funny her country club denied POC from entering #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Novel 14: My LI's mom is a single mom: tough, protective, accepting, and an ex-hippie. She's one of the few I based on someone real. I told her a couple of months before she suddenly died, and she was so touched to be a book character #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Novel 13: In the '80s, racial awareness was different. I tried to show racism without the '80s era white passing characters realizing. There's a blatant instance, plus twice a white kid starts something and a Black kid gets in trouble #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Novel 12: Tell people why they should read your book Looking Out for Each Other: Since the book is an '80s high school setting, there's a LOT of girls helping each other avoid sexual predators #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Debut Novel 11: Tell people why they should read your book I based a fight scene on one I saw in real life, and I had to tone it down to make it believable #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Debut Novel 10: Immigration. My dad is an immigrant, and the little digs people give to remind you they feel you don't "truly" belong are real. I tried to show this through the experiences of my MC and a secondary character #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Book 9: why people should read your book At a reading, I did a scene where the MC wants birth control, & the doctor slut-shames her. The model for the LI on the cover said, "I think I needed to hear how a gynecological exam can be." #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote You Debut Novel 8: Why people should read your book. Protest! A small bit is side characters protesting Homecoming Queen elections at their high school in the '80s. #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

Promote Your Debut Novel 7: Tell why people should read your book. It's Pride! My novel is set in the '80s. Maxi, a high schooler, is only out to her friends which reminds readers of a time when people had to be VERY careful who knew. #booksky #writersky #Pride www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Debut Novel 6: The MC and LI make snarky comments that the ice always builds and recedes for the first four chapters of any James Michener book I know authors should be careful of self inserts, but this one seems valid #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Debut Novel 5: Tell people why they should read your book #booksky #writersky The MC and LI are assigned as partners on an all year English assignment, so there's a lot of talk about books. www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Promote Your Novel, Day 4: Tell people why they should read your book #booksky #writersky #dysplasia My MC has hip dysplasia which I haven't seen in a book. I needed Cindy not tied to sports schedules to keep her time free.I have it and knew I'd get it right! www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Debut Novel Challenge #3: Tell people why they should read your book #booksky #writersky Enemies to friends to lovers. (I feel the friend part is important!) www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re...

June Debut Novel Challenge #2: Tell everyone why they should read your book #bluesky #writersky The characters are high schoolers in the '80s, so Gen X can finally get some representation

June Debut Novel Challenge: Tell everyone why they should read your book #booksky #writersky www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Re... Because I actually saw the challenge on the first day of the month and can participate in real time

Cheap Person Trick #54: When I was really broke, I drank hot water instead of tea which gave the warming feeling and saves about $27.38 a year if you drink one cup a day