DISCUSS: Plotstorming
Share your outline with a writing buddy, get feedback, adjust as required And that, my fine plotting friends, is that. This probably feels a little sparse, considering it should be the […]
READ: Nip tuck
How to declutter, lose the fluff, and make sure everything is neat and tidy! TAKE. A. FUCKING. BOW. Seriously. You’ve outlined an ENTIRE novel. Wow. Just wow. That is […]
WRITE: Another iteration
A fluff-cutting sweep before you begin writing… This point in the process is where things become completely obsessive and slightly insane-making. So pause. Take a breather. Put your outline down […]
WRITE: Let’s take it to the bridge
Welcome, welcome to the final section of Plotstormers. It’s been fun, it’s been hard, it’s been frustrating. And it’s gonna stay that way all the way to the end. We’ve […]
WRITE: The midpoint
Okay team. Let’s make a break for the midpoint and then we can rest for a bit. You know the drill. Action, reaction, action, reaction. The midpoint is a serious […]
WRITE: But then, so then
You can probably guess what’s coming now. You’re going to start but then, so then-ing around the information you already have in your 16PP. Like we said in the previous […]
WRITE: What’s the point and what can you see?
As this week goes on, we’re going to take each of your points and split them into smaller scenes using the but then, so then technique we looked at in […]
READ: Smaller units
How to break your beginnings, ends and middles into chapters, scenes and more… Welcome back, fine writer. We know the last section was heavy. In fact, we know the whole […]
WRITE: One more quick go round
Before we do any more work, you need to do a quick victory dance because you just plotted an entire novel! Sure, there’s lots of work still to do. Sure, […]
WRITE: The final points – part 3 of 3
Entering the final phases of that first story sweep… No time for an introduction. Here we go, final two points. Get them down and there’ll be a gold star for […]
