plot

Write Club South is a semi-weekly craft exercise. All Litopians are welcome to join. A private thread will be opened to present results, and we can also hold a Zoom meeting at Huddle South time to discuss them. You are of course welcome to submit results even if you can't make the meeting. Or...

The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then have a catharsis. Those were the best principles I was ever taught. Anne Rice

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New blog post by Claire G The Power of Questions How can questions drive plot? Here’s a summary of what I’ve learned. Un-put-downable books utilise these types of questions: The long (big) question: this is the novel’s overarching question which can be used in your elevator pitch and is...

From a development editor.

“The perfect plot, accordingly, must have a single, and not (as some tell us) a double issue; the change in the hero’s fortunes must be not from misery to happiness, but on the contrary from happiness to misery; and the cause of it must lie not in any depravity, but in some great error on his...

New blog post by Robinne Weiss – discussions in this thread, please --- As a writer, I tend to focus on plot. I love a good action scene, and I also enjoy writing dialogue (probably stems from loving to talk, myself. LOL!). Over the years, I’ve developed a method for outlining my novels that’s...

“Plot is what keeps you going when you read a story, character is what stays with you.” Ann Charters

You've heard that infernal (non-)debate, right? Are you a plotter or pantser? Are you someone who plans your story, or do you discover it as you write? I say it's a non-debate because I'd bet the farm that almost every writer employs both strategies, often simultaneously. Every artform has...

Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. Ray Bradbury