With my background in technical writing, nonfiction, and screenwriting, is it any wonder I have a passion for structure, organization, and plotting? I love it, but I also find it helps me turn out a quality product. I know there are pantsers out there (including my best friend) who blanch at the idea of detailed planning before starting a novel. That’s okay! The information in this blog will be helpful during the editing phase as well.
A running table of contents can be found below for easy reference. It’s not complete, but it will give you a pretty good idea of where we’re going.
- Plotters vs. Pantsers
- The Big Idea: What Should I Write?
- Before You Write: Analyze the Competition
- Critical Elements of a Story
- Critical Elements: Plot
- Critical Elements: Character
- Critical Elements: Conflict
- Critical Elements: Theme
- Critical Elements: Genre & Audience
- Brainstorming
- Worldbuilding
- Developing a Premise
- Developing a Pitch
- Creating Characters, Part 1
- Creating Characters, Part 2
- Developing the Character Arc
- Keeping Track of the Details
- Plotting, Part 1
- Story Structure, Part 1
- Plot Points
- Length
- Pacing
- Story Structure, Part 2
- Eight Sequences
- Scenes
- Plotting, Part 2
- Writing the First Draft: Getting Started
- Writing the First Draft: Point of View
- Writing the First Draft: Opening Scene
- Writing the First Draft: Description
- Writing the First Draft: Dialogue
- Writing the First Draft: Exposition
- Spelling, Grammar, and Sentence Mechanics
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