{"id":529,"date":"2016-05-02T04:57:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T04:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=529"},"modified":"2026-10-18T08:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:49:17","slug":"plotto-instruction-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/other-books\/plotto-instruction-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Plotto Instruction Booklet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Master the Plotto System in Seven Lessons<\/h2>\n<style>.ncp-book{text-align:center;float:right;clear:right;margin:.375em 0 1.75em 1.75em;}.ncp-book--left{float:left;clear:left;margin:.375em 1.75em 1.75em 0;}.ncp-book--center{float:none;clear:both;margin:1.5em auto;}.ncp-book--none{float:none;margin:1.5em 0;}.entry-content .ncp-book a{box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;}.entry-content .ncp-book a.ncp-book__cover{display:block;margin:0 0 .6em;}.ncp-book img{display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto;box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.25);}.entry-content .ncp-book a.ncp-book__btn{display:inline-block;padding:.618em 1em;border-radius:3px;background:#1b4411;color:#fff;font:700 13pt\/1 Montserrat,sans-serif;letter-spacing:.046875em;text-transform:uppercase;white-space:nowrap;}.entry-content .ncp-book a.ncp-book__btn:hover{background:#003300;color:#fff;}@media (max-width:599px){.ncp-book,.ncp-book--left{float:none;clear:both;margin:1.5em auto;}}<\/style><div class=\"ncp-book ncp-book--left\" style=\"width:190px;max-width:100%\"><a class=\"ncp-book__cover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/plotto-instruction-booklet\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/plotto-instruction-booklet-cover.jpg?fit=684%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Plotto Instruction Booklet book cover\" width=\"166\" height=\"249\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><a class=\"ncp-book__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/plotto-instruction-booklet\/\" aria-label=\"Get the Book: Plotto Instruction Booklet\">Get the Book<\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>by William Wallace Cook<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Norton Creek Press. 58 pages.\u00a0 ISBN 978-1-938099-12-0.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/other-books\/plotto\/\">Plotto <\/a>plot suggestion system has a largely undeserved reputation for being hard to use, because the instructions in the book itself are confusing. But we have a fix for that!<\/p>\n<p><em>Plotto&#8217;s<\/em> author, William Wallace Cook, developed a short course in using <em>Plotto<\/em>, and wrote this <em>Plotto Instruction Booklet<\/em> as its text. Once you work through the seven short lessons in this slim 58-page booklet, you have mastered the <em>Plotto<\/em> system and can confidently and efficiently use it to help create plots, subplots, and situations for your short stories, novels, and scripts.<\/p>\n<p>This essential\u00a0<em>Plotto Instruction Booklet<\/em> is compatible with all editions of Plotto:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/other-books\/plotto\/\">Norton Creek Press edition<\/a>\u00a0of Plotto.<\/li>\n<li>The original Ellis Publishing Company edition from 1928-1941.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1THqI9S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plots Unlimited<\/a> from Ashleywilde.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fans of Plotto should also\u00a0read\u00a0Cook&#8217;s book about his writing career, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/other-books\/the-fiction-factory\/\">The Fiction Factory<\/a>, also published by Norton Creek Press.<\/p>\n<h2>Ordering<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Order the Plotto Instruction Book from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/plotto-instruction-booklet\/\">online booksellers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>See also our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/plotto-instruction-booklet\/\">How to Order<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master the Plotto System in Seven Lessons by William Wallace Cook Norton Creek Press. 58 pages.\u00a0 ISBN 978-1-938099-12-0. The Plotto plot suggestion system has a largely undeserved reputation for being hard to use, because the instructions in the book itself are confusing. But we have a fix for that! 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