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 …
Happy 2011
Thanks to each of you who followed along on the 3rd Annual International Plot Writing Month also known as PostNaNoPlotPerfection aka PlotWriMo for writers intent on crafting a story that is pleasing to the reader and perhaps on finding a bit of enlightenment along the way.My hope is from following along all last month, you now have a new sense of your story and are energized to undertake a major rewrite, starting... today!Good luck to you.I continue into the New Year with the YouTube Plot …
PostNaNoPlot Perfection
Tomorrow ends NaNoWriMo for another year. That means you have today and tomorrow to finish. No matter what, keep writing. Wednesday begins the 3rd Annual International Plot Writing Month, also known as PlotWriMo or as my friend and short story writer Mary Eastham dubs the month of December, PostNaNoPlot Perfection.Write now. Shape your words into a compelling story throughout December.Perhaps you didn't do nano? Don't even know what it is but you have a draft of your book and are wondering, now …
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