The Crisis of a story hits about 3/4 of the way through the page or scene count and marks the highest intensity scene in the entire beginning and middle of the story. On the plot planner, this highest point signifies the dramatic action plot though keep in mind it is the lowest point in the story for the character emotional development plot.The crisis can be thought of as the climax for the antagonist.I've got two new videos on the youtube Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, …
More than One Draft
Do you understand that writing a novel, memoir, screenplay involves not just writing one draft but many?Therefore, the quicker you write a draft the better. Each time you write a draft all the way through to the end you have a better sense of what the story is truly all about. Do NOT make every word perfect in the first draft, especially not the beginning one quarter of the project. Until you have written a couple, or more, drafts all the way to the end, you have no idea of what is needed in …
Recommitment Scene
Another example of what I call the "magic of writing." I just love it when this happens!In going over scenes with a writer, I ask for the 1/2 way mark / recommitment scene and lo and behold, the scene she tells me about fits the recommitment parameters perfects. She did not consciously write it that way but she also did not get in the way of letting it come naturally. I find the less our egos interfere and the more clearly and cleanly we can act as a conduit for the muse, the more "magic" like …
Speaking of Climax
A recent plot consultation reflects confusion many writers have about the Climax of their stories.In telling me the end (1/4) of her story, the writer describes her climax which is the perfect and unexpected (twist) end for the dramatic action plot. Problems arise as another seven to nine major scenes and chapters follow what the writer had labeled as the climax to her story. The climax brings the energy of the overall story to a head and once it is over, the story is over, too. One chapter …
Reaching Your Climax
Please, please, please writers, be careful what you say to yourself. Stifle the urge to beat yourself up for not being perfect. Unplug from all the negative self-talk and plug into affirmations. Make a list of them -- all the great things about you as a writer and if you don't believe you deserve greatness, change your belief system. You made up the story you tell yourself now. You can revise that story anyway you want. You're the author of your own life, your own story.All that happens by trash …
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