Using a Scene Template to Craft Perfect Scenes
Last week I introduced you to my scene template. I can’t emphasize enough how helpful it is to lay out…
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First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: The Martian
The Martian is a beautifully structured novel (and a terrific movie), and it draws readers right into the story on…
Scene Structure and Character Arc
Novels are about characters—characters who undergo significant change. Or, at least the protagonist should. A novel in which the protagonist…
Scene Structure: Your Opening Scene
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: Flight Behavior
This week, in our examination of first pages of best-selling novels, we’re taking a look at Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Flight Behavior…
Scene Structure: The First 3 Things You Need in Your Scene
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: See Me
We’re starting off this new year at Live Write Thrive neck-deep into scene structure. Great scenes seem to flow effortlessly…
Getting Scene Structure under Your Belt
Scene structure seems to be the bane of most novelists and one of the most common causes of novel failure….
Five Months on the First Scene
Believe it or not, I’ve spent the first five months of 2012 discussing the essential elements that must be in…
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