Macro Level Reviewing
... Plots and subplots advance and intertwine; backstory and worldbuilding emerge gradually over the course of the story. Because books ...
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Writing Software: Things to consider, part 1
... my cold, dead fingers. Metaphorically speaking. In the world of writing software, however, word processors have become almost as ...
Search again:The Villain Continuum
... person in the world has their own perspective, and most of them are different from yours. It ...
Search again:Basics: Process
... aren’t nearly as similar as they sound. The round-the-world cruise is incompatible with the idea of telling a whole story set in a ...
Search again:Basics: Plot, part 1
... plot problem, seen mainly in Romance novels; saving the world is an equally good plot problem, seen more often in action/adventure and ... problem – the Evil Overlord is going to destroy the world! The stakes are enormous – did you miss the bit about destroying the ...
Search again:Getting it in
... again. Others get so deeply into their manuscript/world that they just remember everything (at least long enough to finish the ...
Search again:Mostly About Time
... the vet or the hairdresser. Sooner or later, the external world puts the brakes on that painfully accumulated string of “extra, ...
Search again:Making stuff up: Putting it all Together
... done. If you write up an Encyclopedia Imaginaria for your worldbuilding and culture, and then go looking for plot and characters, ...
Search again:Making stuff up: Characters to plot
... like pulling teeth. These are the slackers of the literary world; given half a chance, they’ll grab a glass of wine and head for the hot ...
Search again:What you want and what you need
... information we think we need to have about the story, the world, or the characters in order to do a good job of writing it. Some writers ...
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