Bridging Scenes Don’t Exist
Controversial opinion coming up: bridging scenes don’t exist. The notion of a ‘bridging scene’ came from a comment on a […]
Writing
Posts on the craft of writing
How to Structure a Scene
As the link between individual sentences and whole chapters, you have to know how to structure a scene. Because scenes
More Troubles with Prequels
With a prequel novella in the works for my fantasy series, I’m finding more troubles with prequels. Prequels naturally take
Where Story Lives and Breathes
Lisa Cron guested on a podcast last year discussing internality and backstory, where story lives and breathes. Listening back to
Decision-making and Agency
Here is the difference between passive and active characters; decision-making and agency. Passive characters meander through a story while stuff
Crafting Distinct Voices
Crafting Distinct Voices sets nine questions designed to tease out a distinctive voice for individual characters. Given the sparse dialogue
Galadriel’s Study in Psychopathy
I worked out the central premise of Amazon’s Rings of Power: Galadriel’s Study in Psychopathy. I resisted talking about this
The Character’s Core Wound
According to the late teacher and script doctor Peter Russell, the character’s core wound powers the story. Writing and speaking
Introducing the Cumulative Sentence
It’s a rare item of writing craft that finds me introducing the cumulative sentence. I had a “progressive” education, which
Conventions of the Action Genre
Writing a fantasy series, there’s no way I can ignore the conventions of the Action genre. A solid action piece