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Where to Go Next: The Outline
A post about my outlining process, such as it is.
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Where to Begin: Mood
In the fifth of our five part series on where to begin developing a story idea, we start with mood.
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Where to Begin: Scene
In the fourth of our five part series on where to begin developing a story idea, we start with scene.
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Where to Begin?
The first of a five part series, we’re talking about where to begin a story.
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This Story Has Legs
Here are four questions to ask yourself if you’re wondering if you have a story you can tell from beginning to end.
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Fantasy Bias
A look at the black(bad)/white(good) binary in fantasy fiction and how this binary feeds into the racist societal underpinnings of my unconscious biases.
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Intentions and Obstacles
A story is built from a succession of Intentions and Obstacles. In this article, we take a look at these building blocks with some help from Jurassic Park.
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Adjectives
A few days ago, I started reading a debut novel for a weekly study group. The book has an intriguing plot, an interesting story structure, and, after 30 pages, a few characters that I might just love and root for. But there are two elements of the book that I’m having trouble with. The first…
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Plot vs. Premise
What’s the difference between premise and plot?
Finding Truth Through Fantasy.
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