Give Your Story a Backbone
What’s missing in your story? Try a story structure. Focus your story more. Give it a backbone. If you’re a plotter, you may have already done that. But if you’re a pantser, like I used to be, you...
View ArticleThe Journey from the Outside In
For all of you writers out there, Today I’m tackling part 3 of story structure. Here’s part 1 and part 2. Just to review. You start with a complex character and you give them a goal. The goal...
View ArticlePlotting vs. Pantsing
The age-old question for novel writers regarding how they work: Are you a plotter or a pantser? It sounds funny, but writers really do fall into one of two categories. They usually make a detailed...
View ArticleCrafting Great Scenes: Give Your Story a Pulse
So you finished NaNoWriMo. Now what? It’s time to revise. Or maybe you haven’t started writing yet. Either way, the key to a successful novel is in the scenes. Each scene should tell its own...
View ArticleFrom Beginning to End
When writing a novel, some people have trouble with how to begin. Where should the story start? How much action? How much dialogue? Should I include backstory? Sound familiar? If this is you,...
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