Changing Point of View
When I accepted the fantasy novel challenge, I didn’t bargain on changing point of view at the end of drafting […]
Writing
Posts on the craft of writing
Scene Structure in Fiction
What is scene structure in fiction? It’s exactly the same as the structure for the chapter and for the whole
Murphy’s Twenty-four Chapter Structure
Four books in progress and the main crutch is Derek Murphy’s twenty-four chapter structure holding them all together. Without structure,
Three Acts or Four?
How many parts to a satisfying story: three ‘acts’ or four? You can artificially break stories into three, or four
MICE, Fractals and Budgets
Following Mary Robinette Kowal’s guest lecture for Sanderson’s 2020 course, we started looking at Word Budgets. Let’s go further with
History, Historical Fiction and Fantasy: What Gives?
If history is stuff that happened, and fantasy is stuff somebody made up, then what’s historical fiction? History, historical fiction
The Plotter versus the ‘Pantser’
It’s said that writers fall into two types: the plotter versus the ‘pantser,’ more politely described as a ‘discovery writer.’
Arcs, Pacing and Plotting
Do you sit in front of the TV or a book and admire the character arcs, pacing and plotting? Just
Thirty-eight Elements of Story
While I don’t use Fictionary‘s software tool itself, I’ve learned to construct the grandmother of spreadsheets to track their editing
Writing to Market
If I were smarter, I’d be writing to market; cranking out books targeted to best-selling trends. Right now, that’s Romantasy