An experiment of writing a story longhand from start to finish. Read the rules of the challenge here: Writing Sumarian - Episode 1 - Rules & Introduction. This Week's Lesson(s) on Writing a Story Longhand: I had unfortunately used up half the page for Chapter 3 on Chapter 2 stuff. It just kept coming to …
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An experiment of writing a story longhand from start to finish. Read the rules of the challenge here: Writing Sumarian - Episode 1 - Rules & Introduction. This Week's Lesson(s) on Writing a Story Longhand: Trust the Process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kQwcJB9k7c&t=1513s As Ryan Holiday points out in his recent interview with Ali Abdaal (above), "it's hard to …
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Lesson 5: Research Male readers usually prefer realism. Women are more likely to suspend disbelief. So depending on your target audience, it's important to get the details right. If it's incorrect, it can bring the discerning reader out of the story. Try experiencing the settings yourself. Taking it in with all your senses may trigger …
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Lesson 4: Plot Story is about revealing character and causality (i.e., when one event leads to the next, which leads to the next and so on and so forth until the inevitable end). “Try to write every chapter as if it’s the first chapter of the book - try to write every chapter as if …
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A summary of the comprehensive outlining method developed by Youtuber and writer, Kat O'Keeffe.
The writing methods summarized in this series were actually in preparation for this entry. Since my method is a concoction of the methods previously mentioned, you might find it useful to refer to them first: Part 1: Writing Method: Snowflake by Randy Ingermanson (Printable Summaries) Part 2: Writing Method: 7-Point System by Dan Wells (Printable Summaries) Part 3: Writing Method: Writing …
Last year, Dan Wells, author of "I Am Not A Serial Killer" went over a story structure he found in the "Star Trek Narrator's Guide: Roleplaying Game", which he renamed as the 7-Point System. He generously shared his PowerPoint presentation which can be found here (which includes 2 story examples), but as usual, I felt having a summarized …
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Randy Ingermanson is a theoretical-physicist-turned-author who uses the same left-brain logic from his first career to organize his right-brain's creativity when writing a novel. He is famously known for his novel structuring process called the Snowflake Method. I find the method to be interesting and helpful, but the actual article expounding it a bit long-winded (approx. 3,500 words in …
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