Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well and that you’re feeling creatively fulfilled. Today I’m sharing some further tips on writing that all-important first draft. 5 Further Tips for Writing a Good First Draft 1 Give Yourself a DeadlineDeadlines can… Read More ›
Hi all, I hope you’re well! Today I’m going to talk about the ‘Percentage Plot Structure’ also known as the ‘Movie Plot Structure’. It is a nice, easy way of outlining and structuring your plot in three acts, making sure… Read More ›
Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well! Today I’m going to talk about how you can begin the process of bringing a character to life on the page. Creating A Character Outline A character in a story needs to be… Read More ›
Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well and having an excellent day! Today I’m going to jump right in and talk about one of my favourite subjects: Outlining. As many of you will know, I am a huge proponent of… Read More ›
There are many different ways to outline a story from a simple bullet list of events to a more detailed description of each and every single scene. The 27 chapter outline seems to be a mixture. I came across this… Read More ›
Scrivener, for those who don’t know, is a fantastic bit of software that helps writers to write. It is designed, as far as I am able to tell, for ease of use and for all types of writers from novelists… Read More ›
The Hero’s journey is a widespread form of story structure derived from mythologist Joseph Campell’ s ‘Monomyth’ from his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which was originally published in 1949 There are twelve steps, and as you go… Read More ›
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today, I’m going to explain how you can outline a novel with index cards Creating an Outline with Index Cards All you need to create your outline are 60 index cards, a pen… Read More ›
I’ve written before about story structure and about how I structure my own stories, but I thought that I would talk a little bit about another useful (if a bit more complicated) way of structuring your story elements, the Three Act Structure…. Read More ›
I had always been one of those people who could pick up a pad of paper and a pencil and start writing, going with the flow of whatever happened to appear on the page.The problem was that I would eventually… Read More ›
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