8 days ago by actituddelpintor

Or 12 guidelines that led to the film “Novena” 1. Tell present stories, “hyperrealistic inspirations”, and try to be as honest as possible when telling them. 2. Do not write a screenplay tailored to the industry’s request, but rather seek for a sound narrative structure; the rest of the plot should ...

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69 days ago by Darcy Pattison

Use Outlines to Revise Fiction Organization of a nonfiction piece of writing is paramount. Ideas and/or should build upon each other is an inevitable progression that leads to understanding. For fiction, the outline is the plot structure, events unfolding in an inevitable progression that lead to en ...

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122 days ago by auslit.net

Which narrative point of view (first person, second person or third person) do you use most in your fiction, or do you often use different points of view for different stories, and why? Traditionally, I've used third person past tense in my stories. I like the close third POV because it allows me to ...

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123 days ago by auslit.net

Which narrative point of view (first person, second person or third person) do you use most in your fiction, or do you often use different points of view for different stories, and why? I’m a fan of multiple 3rd person limited point of view for pretty much everything I write. I was a fan of Robert B ...

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130 days ago by ingridsundberg

Be sure to read the first seven parts of this essay: Part 1: Terminology and the Difference Between Narrative and Story Part 2: Taking a Closer Look at Story Part 3: Got Plot Part 4: Types of Plot Part 5: Structure and Looking at the Whole Part 6: Defining Story Structure Part 7: Defining Plot Struc ...

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133 days ago by ccyager

Why do some novels endure for decades or centuries and others burst out as blockbusters then disappear? What makes a great novel, great? Is there a formula? Will J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels stand the test of time? What … Continue reading →

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141 days ago by ingridsundberg

Be sure to read the first four parts of this essay: Part 1: Terminology and the Difference Between Narrative and Story Part 2: Taking a Closer Look at Story Part 3: Got Plot Part 4: Types of Plot Structure – Looking at the Whole: When it comes to talking about structure we need to be careful of our ...

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158 days ago by Courtney Cantrell

No, we’re not talking shoe brands. We’re talking the basics of good writing, and they’re on my mind this week. I suspect the cause of this fundamental ruminating is my being sick for most of the past week. There’s something about forced wallowing in one’s own misery that resets the brain to KISS* mo ...

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199 days ago by Jason Li

From the Atomic Robo blog, Brian Clevinger reveals part of his writing process: Each story has three acts. Each chapter of that story has three acts. Each scene of each chapter has three acts. Each conversation of each scene of each chapter has three acts. In a sense, though at this magnification ou ...

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235 days ago by tmso

Image via Wikipedia Okay, after running through all this material, I realize I have no freakin’ clue what I’m doing. I’ve messed up Devil’s Blood so bad that it is in-de-constructable. No worries. I’ll start over! In the meantime, so as not to leave you hanging, I’ll summarize what I know about the ...

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