When you are starting a story, you need to know approximately where things should happen. It helps you to maintain the pacing of your story. There is a great tool for this process — the beat sheet. I use a…
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The Beat Sheet: An Overview
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Mystery Plotting Aids
If you write mysteries, you need to have a victim, a killer, and some red herring suspects. You also need witnesses. When I started writing cozy mysteries, I had a hard time until I came up with the idea of…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Timelines and Plots
Time lines are useful things. They can help you keep the timing of your story going. I’ve used them to plot the story in broad terms. This is something like saying this happens then this happens and so on. It…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
A Word About Plots
A plot is a road map which is the simple way to explain it. No matter how convoluted a story-line may get with twists and turns like driving through a mountain range, each scene leads the reader to the denouement.…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Plots And Subplots
A subplot is a mini plot. These types of plot can enhance the premier plot of your story by breaking the action up. Nothing enhances tension like a suspenseful cliffhanger or a series of cliffhangers. To weave subplots into your…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
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