Plugging a Plot Hole
Writing across a series, rearranging the jigsaw pieces often reveals some missing; that means plugging a plot hole. Or several.
Writing
Posts on the craft of writing
The Professional Working Draft
Never mind that I’m 65% through editing and still don’t know if the novel is any good: do I have
Three Scales of Character
Some of the takeaways from Brandon Sanderson’s 2020 lectures include his three scales of character. Sanderson’s three scales of character
Sanderson on Character
Another gem from the BYU online writers’ course features author and lecturer Brandon Sanderson on character. In this lecture, Sanderson
Do Readability Scores work?
Some seventy years on, the Flesch readability test is used by marketers, policy writers and bloggers; but do readability scores
Stock Images and Stock Covers
Judging books by their covers gets even trickier with stock images and stock covers. Browse certain genres in the Amazon
Free Flow: Get Up and Create
If you’re stifled at the keyboard unable to find your free flow: get up and create. It’s a common thing
The Role of Speculative Fiction
With wide appeal and a long history, just what is the role of speculative fiction? To use a definition from
Three Acts or Four?
How many parts to a satisfying story: three ‘acts’ or four? You can artificially break stories into three, or four
Story Arcs, Pacing and Plotting
It’s my new obsession, analyzing the story arcs, pacing and plotting in everything from books to TV shows to commercials.