I think of plot as having several different kinds of layers. There’s “what happened” on an external, physical level (which is the action layer that most people think of first when talking about “the plot). But there’s also an emotional layer involving characters’ relationships and/or whatever personal
Read more →And it’s another open-mike day! Talk among yourselves, ask questions, update everyone on what’s going on in your life or with your WIP. I’m fleshing out maps and background timelines for my two possible WIPs (still haven’t decided on which to do yet, but I’m leaning toward
Read more →WARNING: A Facebook “fan page” for me has been hacked; we’re working on getting it fixed, but it is going to take time because I didn’t set the thing up myself. In the meantime, I’m told that scammers do this to try to get followers’ emails and
Read more →Years ago, “Have ninjas jump in through the window!” was the go-to suggestion for one of my then-crit-group members whenever a story’s pace slowed down, the writer was stuck, the characters were dithering about what to do next, the writer was dithering over which of six things
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