Keys to Moving Your Plot Forward
I tell writers often they are failing to “advance their plot.” What does that mean, and why does it matter?…
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The Key to Creating Believable Plots and Subplots
On Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with our exploration on…
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What Writers May Not Know about the “Required” Three-Act Structure
I’m going to spend some weeks on tearing apart novel structure. I’ve hesitated over the years to get into this….
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How Writers Can Benefit by Outlining Their Scenes
We’re been taking a look at outlining scenes these last couple of weeks. Using my scene structure checklist, we’ve been…
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Ways Novelists Can Brainstorm Plot and Scenes
We’ve been exploring the difficult task of brainstorming. And since novels are so complex, with so many crucial components that…
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The Universality Is in the Details
I started thinking about universality since we want our novel’s theme to have universal appeal—meaning a whole bunch of people…
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Plots ~ Bigger Is Better
If you’ve been following this blog all year, you may have noticed I haven’t gone into plot at all except…
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Winging It with a Prayer
I’m going to spend a little time here talking about something that might cause some of you to bristle, and…
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