No New Stories Only New Twists
Time and again we’re told there are no new stories only new twists. So what is an aspiring author to do?
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Time and again we’re told there are no new stories only new twists. So what is an aspiring author to do?
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Discovered a new aspect of writing craft this week while looking at story structure: the First Quarter Debate powering our story opening.
Freelance editor and BookTuber (there’s a compound word with so much right and wrong with it) Ellen Brock posts on writing craft and this week summarised the essential components of the difficult first quarter.
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Think of this as a writer’s cheat sheet: the six essential elements of story.
There are so many ways to define, deconstruct, breakdown and pick apart ‘story‘, but I’ve found Anne Hawley’s six word prompts the most useful.
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Editing my genre series got a lot harder thanks to the collision of plot, character and Second Sight. That’s right, my key big fantasy idea is clairvoyance, the ability to perceive future or distant events. It enables the author to see just how big a hole they’re about to bury themselves in.
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How many drafts does it take to get out of the edit toward a published book? Book One is still in the edit, and here’s why; it’s only on its’ third draft.
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I appreciate what people mean when they say ‘it’s all in the edit.’ Of the three book series, Book One is in serious need of editing.
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If you’re stifled at the keyboard unable to find your free flow: get up and create.
It’s a common thing with authors and other creative types. You want to create but the creativity won’t flow.
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With wide appeal and a long history, just what is the role of speculative fiction?
To use a definition from Masterclass:
Speculative fiction is a literary ‘super genre,’ …with speculative elements that are based on conjecture and do not exist in the real world.
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From his Free Writing Course online, we bring you Brandon Sanderson’s Three P’s of Plot. Fine advice for the budding author…
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When I accepted the fantasy novel challenge, I didn’t bargain on changing point of view at the end of drafting Book One. To make the effort worth while, this has to be a series, but who is at the centre?
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