One is good, Six is better – How multiple antagonists can broaden your novel
One of the best ways to make sure that you don’t have a linear story is to broaden the plot line. By increasing the conflict and varying the scales you can make […]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Tolkien’s 10 Tips for Creating Epic Heroes
Great piece on creating effective heroes from the Master himself Tolkien.
Weaving Back stories into your novel
Firstly Apologies for such a long time between posts, as always the day job takes precedence. Moving swiftly on, today let’s look at the importance of using back story to elevate […]
Plot arcs- The Basics
Plot Arc’s are an important aspect of your novel. The eight points of plot arcs are below. Stasis Trigger The quest Surprise Key choice Climax Reversal Resolution Every classic plot […]
THE BIG WAKE- Guest slot by Rich Wiltshir (@RichWiltshir)
Two Lovely Flash Fictions today from Rich Wiltshir. To be honest I could’nt decide between the two so I posted both. THE BIG WAKE… “Professor,” said the voice that […]
Flow like a errr river???
Flow is one of the most difficult things to get right when writing. The whole piece needs to feel like its all one seamless thread. This is an integral component as the reader […]
Dialogue. …tips on getting it just right.
Realistic dialogue isn’t always the easiest thing to write anyway. If done well, good dialogue develops our knowledge of characters and advances the story without clunky narrative. However even as […]
Do you edit whilst you write ?
Edit while you write or wait till the end? Hemingway said ‘The first draft of anything is rubbish.’ Well he didn’t say rubbish he said something else. But what […]
Is a Plot Device useful? Yes or No?
A plot device is a cliché right? As a catalyst to move the story onwards or escalate the plot they are useful. In a story, a plot device can be […]
Mactweet-A Modern Scottish Play
Scene one 1st Witch:@Witch3 @witch2 what’s up 2nd Witch:@witch1 @witch3 Chilling #at the heath 3rd Witch:@witch1 @witch3 Dinner later? # eye of newt? nom nom 1st Witch:@witch2 @witch3 mischief first […]
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