MARTHA ALDERSON is known as the Plot Whisperer for her books on plot: The Plot Whisperer, The Plot Whisperer Workbook, The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts, and the forthcoming Writing Blockbuster Plots. She also writes the award-winning blog The Plot Whisperer. She has been exploring and writing about the Universal Story for the past twenty years as part of the plot support she offers to writers. More recently, she has expanded her work to include helping writers transform their creative lives.

JORDAN ROSENFELD is the author of three novels, most recently Women in Red, and several writing guides, including A Writer's Guide to Persistence, Make a Scene, and Write Free. Her essays and articles have appeared in such publications as AlterNet, Bustle, Creative Live, Family Fun, Mom.me, The New York Times, The Rumpus, Salon, San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post, The Weeklings, Writer's Digest, and many more.