If you missed Part One, it’s here. Today, we’re talking about Part Two… the response, the second quarter of your story. How does your character respond to the first plot point? All Billie Jean’s dreams and goals were turned upside down when the first plot point occurred at the end of part one. Now…...
Welcome to the first part of our little series on story structure. Remember those four boxes we mentioned last Friday? Today we’re going to fill up the first one. Box One. Knowing what goes in this box will make your writing easier, it will...
Story structure. There are four parts (three if you’re talking about a play… three acts). Each part has its own reason for being there and its own place in the story. Each part tells you what it needs to contain. I can already hear...
So what do you need to tell your story? Structure. Conflict. Character. Clean writing. Sure, we all appreciate that well-written sentence that grabs us by the collar and punches...
Last week I talked about the three dimensions of characterization. This time I’m going to go a bit deeper and talk about the psychology of characterization. Do you remember...
I’ve written on the topic of the importance of editing before, but OMG guys, it really is. I love indie authors, I really do. Heck, I’m one myself. Some...
