Subplots reign in the Middle (1/2) of novels, memoirs, and screenplays. Developing a few is a good tip if you find yourself slogging through writing the Middle and tempted to go back and begin again. Keep in mind: too great a proliferation of subplots confuse the splendor of the primary plot. A character-driven story set in the exotic worlds of the Ivy League and Wall Street. Dysfunctional and self-abusive behaviors based on the archetypal back-story wound of having witnessed and taken part in …
Dedicated Writing Time
The next video in the new Plot Tips series is up for your viewing pleasure and for the first time, I'm attempting to embed the video so you can watch it here without having to travel to YouTube. A dedicated writing time is essential for anyone intent on reaching her writing goals. Writers write. Wanna-be writers talk about writing. 1) Read The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master (The companion workbook is coming this summer and available for pre-order now ~~ The Plot …
Two New Plot Series Up on Vlog
I went to upload the first video in a new Youtube plot series -- Plot Tips -- only to discover 3 videos I had filmed for a different new plot series -- Plot Glossary -- never uploaded and had completely forgotten about.So... I'm happy to share with you two new plot series for your viewing pleasure.My plan is to upload a new video for each of the two plot series every Tuesday.Next week:Plot Tips Series covers Plotting Out Your Writing Time Plot Glossary Series gives the definition …
Do you writes in layers, one or two layer per draft? Or do you write all the layers of your novel, memoir, screenplay at once? And what are all these layers, you ask? Emotion: evoking a range of emotions -- positive and negative -- in the reader through the characters' show of emotion. Conflict, tension, suspense, urgency and curiosity: shaping the dramatic action to keep the reader turning the pages to learn what happens next. Character transformation: showing a flawed character change overtime …
Researching versus Writing
You've pre-plotted, or not, and have a slew of scene ideas to write. You've mastered the getting-up-an-hour-earlier-to write. Daily the words flow and you're gaining confidence in your story. You tally up your word count and find you're on track to beat the deadline you've given yourself. In the morning, you hit a scene that demands you know how in the heck the culture you're writing about performs wedding ceremonies. You've attending enough of them to have a general sense but no idea of the …
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