Use Plotto. It Was Good Enough for Hitch …

Wherever he went, Alfred Hitchcock carried a small book called PLOTTO. The book provided a mix-and-match formula for storytelling.

By taking an idea from three categories–A, B, and C–the “master of suspense” could fashion the plots that terrorized the world for decades. Now, you can get it all here…on a single page.

For more on Hitchcock’s technique, go here.

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