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The Best Way to Tell a Story
Finding the Best Way to Tell a Story
First drafts are for finding out what story you are telling. Second and subsequent drafts are for finding the best way to tell that story.
I finished a second draft yesterday and someone asked what I concentrated on in that draft. Basically, refining the story and exploring options for [...]
Revising in the Home Stretch
Revising in the Home Stretch
I know what method of working has made the first 2/3 of my mss better. I’m just getting tired.
Don’t get Lazy Now! I’m on the last third. I know that I must rewrite a major scene for a subplot/secondary character climax. But much of these later chapter are in good [...]
3 Ways to Salvage a Scene
So, I’m writing a new scene and it’s not working. Why isn’t it working?
Scenes Need Action
After writing a draft and realizing it was lousy, I re-read the synopsis of this scene. “E realizes that he needs to accept M’s help.”
What’s the main verb in that statement? Realize.
That’s a poor scene synopsis and [...]
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