The ScriptShark Critique Sheet
I rediscovered the ScriptShark Critique Sheet from 2009. It’s another useful tool by which to evaluate your manuscript. …
I rediscovered the ScriptShark Critique Sheet from 2009. It’s another useful tool by which to evaluate your manuscript. …
Writing the last chapter doesn’t mean getting to the end of the plot. Whatever is in the last chapter is the memento mori, the closing image, the takeaway. The last chapter will likely set the mood for how the reader remembers the novel.
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If you’re stuck developing a character for your story, look no further than Jeff Elkins‘ Character Growth Worksheet.
A favourite writing coach, Jeff ‘The Dialog Doctor’ has offers excellent free tools, but this one featured as a giveaway in a presentation and isn’t on his website. …
I realise I have two common themes in my fiction: abandonment issues and the feisty heroine. This feeds directly into to character flaws and the imperfect hero. …
The question every author has to answer: where’s the conflict in every scene? As we all know by now, without conflict there is no story. But what makes a thoroughly engaging story is some kind of conflict in every scene.
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The pervasive violence in my fantasy-action-adventure got me thinking about the writer and the moral compass. Death as entertainment, spectacle and a cheap way to elevate the stakes. Am I a hypocrite?
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The pervasive thread of violence in my fantasy-action-adventure got me thinking about character and the moral compass. I know it’s fiction. These people don’t exist, they never did. Does that make it okay?
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In trying to write better characters, it’s taken me a while to define want versus need. Writing coaches bang on about these all the time, but what do they mean and why are they important?
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From Act One ingenue to Act Three veteran, your second act pinch points are the key. Character arcs simply don’t work without them.
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Book One stalled for a while because I didn’t know how to handle the revelation of misbelief. In my defense, I didn’t acknowledge the place of misbelief in story telling.
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