Reading Into It
by Laura @ Word Grrls ideastechniquesHere’s a writing exercise for you: Write a short description of a scene or action with one character in the scene. Don’t describe the character, or avoid as much description of the person as you can.
Do You Know The Way To… Your Screenplay? (Using Scene Cards as a Mapping Tool)
by Laura @ About a Screenplay techniquestoolsScene cards are a great way to visualize your script before writing it. Many screenwriters swear by this technique. It’s pretty much an outline – but on index cards.
How to End a Chapter
by Bill Henderson @ Write a Better Novel storytellingstructuretechniquesIn a novel, in a memoir, a good chapter is structured like a complete narrative: it begins with a situation, complications are introduced and build to a head, and…
To Write a Better Novel – Build a Stronger Story
by Bill Henderson @ Write a Better Novel storytellingtechniquesAs a story teller I’ve always had trouble staying on track, and so every telling differed, wildly. The King would be an important plot factor in one; in another, hardly a presence at all. Sometimes the ugly sisters got a little sympathy, other times they were irredeemably awful. I would bungle the order of things, assign important actions to the wrong characters, even leave out key plot points.
Freewriting – a Game Your Unconscious Likes to Play
by Bill Henderson @ Write a Better Novel ideasinspirationtechniquesFreewriting is a form of conscious writing that you do for a specific period of time. It’s not trance writing, you’re very aware of what you’re writing. It’s not presentational writing–it shouldn’t be written as though it will be read by others. It can be sloppy, ugly, incomprehensible, ungrammatical, as elliptical as a grocery list: because no one will ever read it, none of that matters. It has only one rule. For the 10, 15, or 20 minutes that you’ve chosen to freewrite, DO NOT STOP.