Last week, we started to plan out our story by developing a few tentpole scenes. This week, we’re going to tackle the filling or those little moments of character development that go between these moments. The following writing exercises will help you flesh out those characters you’ve created. In this part, we get to have […]
Character Development Exercises – Filling In the Cracks Read More »
We finally get to planning out the story, so where do you start? The Beginning and The End of course.
Tips to Creating a Great Story Outline – Plotting a Character Arc with 5 Scenes Read More »
A log line can help you focus your writing. If you’re prepping for #NaNoWriMo check here to see what a log line is, and post yours for feedback.
Developing a Killer Theme Read More »
NaNoWriMo diary day 11 – the writing has been a struggle.
NaNoWriMo diary day 11 Read More »
Time for a NaNoWriMo Check-in: It’s day three of NaNoWriMo and I’m already behind. Luckily, I’m not too far behind and I’ll have some time this weekend to make up that pace (I hope). I’m surprised at how much I have actually been able to write so far. This time last week, I thought I’d
NaNo check in – day 3 Read More »
We are getting closer to the start line. I’m not sure about you, but I’m starting to get a little nervous. Our stories should be about plotted out. I don’t want to add too much more to what we already wrote. A word of warning here: don’t feel like you have to stick 100% to
NaNo Prep – short write Read More »
I’m going to keep this one pretty short and sweet tonight. You know the drill by now, after all. We’ve filled in Acts 1 with scenes that answered the questions you had about your character. We split Act 2 building our characters up and knocking them down. When last we left, our character was headed
NaNo Prep – The last act Read More »
Hopefully, you guys are making some good progress. I haven’t had any time to actually spend on my own novel prep, but hopefully, that will change this weekend. Even though I haven’t sat down to plan this out, I have been running through these prep ideas in my head. Still, I have lots to plan.
Yesterday, we filled in some of the space between the beginning and the start of Act 2. Hopefully, you’re having fun and your answering some of the questions that a reader might have about character. Before we go much further, I want us to really look back at what we’ve done so far. So all
NaNo Prep – Conflict Read More »
