Open Book | TIPS FOR THE ASPIRING WRITER
How to Plot by Example
Are you a writer who can sit down and have dialogues and scenes stream onto the computer screen with little regard to structure? If you are, and are happy with your results, you are one of the lucky writers with a gift. Most writers need to craft the plot through scene summaries and outlines. I am not [...]
Scenes, Sequels, and Chapters Commentary
If you are new to writing fiction, one of the foundations of writing good fiction is understanding the relationship of how plots are set up. Many new writers spend hours sifting through books to have this mystery unraveled. I remember looking for the answer in the 70′s, and I came away more confused as ever. [...]
A Book in a Month
As a panacea to my time management issues and my desire to focus on my writing, I purchased Book in a Month by Victoria Lynn Schmidt. She claims it is a fool-proof system for writing a novel in 30 days. Yes, this is what I want. To knock out a rough draft in 30 days. This [...]
Books on Novel Writing Worth Reading
I know I set four goals last week. I haven’t been procrastinating. The past couple of days have been filled with personal and professional demands. I have been working on my second goal — the writing timeline, but have yet to commit it to the web. And my fourth goal — not to make excuses [...]
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