Scenes are the building blocks of novels. That makes them important. You pantsers can ignore this blog. I’m talking about plotting a story out. I use a form that I created to do this work. The form has a name,…
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Scene Descriptions
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Total Immersion
What you are looking for in writing your scenes is the total immersion of your reader into the story. This is what the past few blogs have been leading up to. I designed them that way so I could use…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
A Word About Setting
All stories take place somewhere. The action needs some place to happen which is where the setting comes in. Your basic horror story always takes place in remote places because it wouldn’t work anywhere else. For example, The Shining takes…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Description
Description is an art in itself. It takes practice to get it right. Try to visualize the scene you are describing and paint it in broad strokes. “The meadow was bright in the sunlight. The tips of the grass waved…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Diagramming Sets
Stories take place somewhere. Many writers make a map of the terrain where their stories take place. I do too. It helps if you have an idea of the location where your stories take place. I go a step further…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Description
Description is an important part of fiction. You have created a world in your head, now you have to get it into your readers’ heads. You do that by description. Description is more than how something looks. You have…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Outlines
Outlining is a good tool for writing, whether you write fiction or nonfiction. Some people write their stories organically, letting it grow from their thoughts. I believe that they are outlining the work, they have an idea of where they…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
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