Pre-plot the middle and end of your novel before your arrival - Makes for greater success in writing a novel, memoir, screenplay with a plot all the way to the end. Middle When pre-plotting your story, keep in mind that the middle is more than an exotic world of the antagonists and to create conflicts and challenges for the protagonist. Yes, the dilemmas and setbacks she endures in the middle provide drama and page-turnability. The struggle to survive and go forward also hold the gifts of new …
Dance between Plotting the Overall Story and Writing
Dance between plotting and writing - Think analytically - Discover intuitively - Consider the story overall - Select every word perfect Living by the sea, I'm daily reminded of the value of the switching from the near view to the far and back again. Beach-combing in search of sea-glass my focus narrows. When the tide is high and the beach disappears, I scan all the way to the horizon at an expanse as big and broad as I'm able to see. Writing at the word level is an act of grace for writers, …
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It’s Not Too Late to Achieve Your Writing Goal for 2014
Life spins a bit faster in anticipation of year's end. You intend to finish your novel, memoir, screenplay this year - simply finish. Fall is the time to write fast. Take October to pre-plot or re-plot your novel, November to finish and December to revise. Sounds simple enough. Forget the outcome for now. What you write doesn't have to be perfect or brilliant or even very good. In fact, the sloppier the better. For the next month and a half, simply focus on writing fast everyday and …
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New Ideas on How to Plot and Write the Middle of a Novel
New ideas on how to plot and write the middle of a novel Writers are always looking for new ideas on how to plot and write the middle of a novel. The plot of the Middle of a novel, memoir, screenplay takes place in an exotic world ruled by the antagonists. Both an exotic world and antagonists provide lots of scene opportunities while also creating and building rising tension, suspense, excitement and curiosity to replicate the energy of the Universal Story and keep the reader engaged. A …
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How to Pre-Plot & Complete a Novel or Memoir in a Month
It's early October and already writers look to the future in anticipation of writing 50,000 words of their novel during the month of November. Lots of writers will jump into the writing frenzy last minute and by-the-seat-of-their-pants with or without a plot idea. Other writers will spend this month dreaming. Writers who love to to organize their lives for the greatest efficiency and less stress will spend October pre-plotting. Then there are writers who take things slowly and methodically, …
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