Jun 02
Last week I started telling you about how to organize your novel. It’s a big task, but happily, not a difficult. If you missed part 1, it’s here. In it I discuss what you need to organize and got started by talking about how to organize your characters. Today, I’ll move on to your plot. …
Apr 28
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Sep 15
There are at least five different story structure forms which you can use to format your novel: the basic Freytag’s Pyramid, a three act structure, a four act structure, a “W” structure (similar, but not the same as the four act structure, at least not as defined by Theresa Stevens and Alicia Rasley on one …
Jul 08
Two blogs which I have recently begun reading regularly, Kristen Lamb’s fabulous blog and a new one by the always generous-with-her-knowledge Rebecca York called “On Romance Writing”, both recently featured the topic “beginnings”. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that! Beginnings are probably The Most Important part of your book. If you don’t …
Jun 03
“…in humans, [stimulus and response is] the process whereby sensory stimulation is translated into organized experience. … Among the theoretical models developed to describe the nature of social behaviour, the stimulus–response model (in which every social act is seen as a response to the preceding act of another individual) has been generally found helpful….” I …
