Plotting and Editing
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22. EDITING DIALOGUE: PART 4 - DIALOGUE IN ROMANCES
Discusses one thing to avoid in romance dialogues and a technique (introspection, inner dialogue) often used in romances and of great benefit in many other genres
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22. EDITING DIALOGUE: PART 4 - DIALOGUE IN ROMANCES
Discusses one thing to avoid in romance dialogues and a technique (introspection, inner dialogue) often used in romances and of great benefit in many other genres
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22. EDITING DIALOGUE:
Discusses one thing to avoid in romance dialogues and a technique (introspection, inner dialogue) often used in romances and of great benefit in many other genres
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22. EDITING DIALOGUE: PART 4 - DIALOGUE IN ROMANCES
Discusses some aspects of dialogue in romance writing, especially internal dialogue/introspection
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22. EDITING DIALOGUE: PART 4 - DIALOGUE IN ROMANCES
Discusses some aspects of dialogue in romance writing, especially internal dialogue/introspection
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22. EDITING DIALOGUE: PART 4 - DIALOGUE IN ROMANCES
Discusses some aspects of dialogue in romance writing, especially internal dialogue/introspection
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21. EDITING DIALOGUE: PART 3 - DIALOGUE IN SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
Discusses some of the special needs of dialogue in the SF/F genres
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20. EDITING DIALOGUE: PART 2 DIALOGUE IN HISTORICAL FICTION
Discusses problems of writing and editing dialogue suitable for historical fiction
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19. EDITING DIALOGUE, Part 1
Discusses editing and polishing dialogue, pointing out some techniques to use and things to avoid, part 1 on this topic
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18. AVOID SETTING ANYTHING IN CONCRETE
Suggests avoiding any blind adherence to 'rules of writing' and instead suiting one's style to one's material
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17. ADDING EXTRA IMPACT
Suggests how to get extra impact from scenes when polishing and editing a novel
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16. AVOIDING REPETITION
Discusses the need for avoidance of repetition in a novel, not in the individual words, though that is also to be avoided, but in the facts presented to the reader.
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15. POLISH EACH SCENE
Suggests some ways of polishing each individual scene in a novel
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14. GETTING THE SCENES RIGHT - Part 2
Describes more ways of improving scenes when polishing a fiction manuscript
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GETTING THE SCENES RIGHT - Part 1
Discusses working on individual scenes to improve a story
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12. DEALING WITH THE FIRST DRAFT
Discussion of how best to finish and deal with the first draft of a novel
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11. RECYCLING AND REUSING OLD PLOT MATERIAL
Discusses preserving and capturing plot ideas, whether ready for use immediately or not
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Plot Elements: Setting
Article on setting as a plot element, including historical period as setting.
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9. PLOT ELEMENTS: TENSION
Discussion of methods for injecting tension or improving in writing longer fiction
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8. SOME BASIC PLOT ELEMENTS
Overview of some plot elements - time, layers and structure - for writing novels
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What is the problem?
Basic elements of plots - there has to be a problem of some sort or there is no story
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JUST DO IT!
Motivational article on plotting and writing, focusing on the need to write to get the final plot details worked out and good writing skills developed.
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5. Getting a plot together - Part 3: Writing a short synopsis/ou
Article on getting a plot together by writing a short planning synopsis/outline
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4. GETTING A PLOT TOGETHER
Part 2 of the three-part series on Putting the Plot Together
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Getting a Plot Together - Part 1: Knowing Your Genre
Third article on Plotting and Editing, first in a series of three, possibly more, about getting a plot together
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GETTING THE IDEAS FLOWING
Getting an idea, and techniques for aiding the flow of ideas.
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Plotting and editing - an overview
Outline of my views on plotting and editing, and why I see the two processes as overlapping and inextricably linked.
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