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Another Structure: Shawn Coyne’s Story Grid
As a story structure geek, I’ve been thrilled to learn from Larry Brooks over at Storyfix. And just as thrilled to discover the work of Shawn Coyne, by way of Steven Pressfield’s site. An acquisitions...
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My Writing Process 2017
Updating previous posts about my writing process, this is a more accurate picture of what I do and how I do it. Finding the Hero’s 12 Waypoints Every long-form story shares the same structure. Every...
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If You’re Pantsing Without Planning You’re Wasting Time
If you start writing before you know how your novel ends you are wasting time. Unless you know the ending, once you arrive you won’t have built in foreshadowing. Your characters will have unrealistic...
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Here’s How to Look Before You Leap into Your Book
No secret I’m a huge fan of Larry Brooks. If you’d like a huge jump start on your next novel, check out Larry’s Conceptual Kickstart Story Analysis. For fifty bucks you’ll get feedback from a master to...
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Bringing Some Reality to Your Writing
Science tries to deal with what’s real, to identify and label and if possible rule out the imaginary, illogical, impossible. Sometimes science bothers people with little facts like gravity being the...
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