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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Plots And Subplots
Tagged with: Plot, plots, plotting, subplot, subplots, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Balancing Time
When you write something, you must edit your text. NaNoWriMo is all about writing. Forget the self-editing until you finish the first or rough draft done. Then you can revise what you wrote. Established authors say to let the work…
Line-by-Line Revision
I hate revising. I need revision, but I abhor the job. No one ever wrote anything that didn’t need at least a little editing. My process is to read the work first and flag any problems I find while reading.…
Tagged with: editing, revising, revision, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Revising More Than One Piece
Sometimes you need to finish revising one piece while starting revision on another. It’s easy to get confused between pieces. There are tricks to use to do so with relative ease. I use a project management app called Project Studio.…
Tagged with: editing, revising writing, revision, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Writing On The Go
Writing while traveling can be a challenge. I actually wrote this blog on my phone, in a car. If you can spread out, use a laptop, it’s much easier. If you can’t spread out, your phone or tablet can do…
Tagged with: travel, writing, writing in cars, writing in planes, Writing Techniques, writing while traveling
Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Doing A Read Through
The first step in any revision is to read the work first. Read it objectively. Approach the piece as though you’ve never seen it before. I usually like to wait a couple of days after I finish shorter pieces to…
Tagged with: reading text aloud, revision, writing, writing read through, writing revision
Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
A Bit More On Setting
The setting can set the tone of the story, but the tone must match the action. A Gothic horror story rarely takes place in a one-bedroom stone cottage by the sea. That’s not to say it couldn’t, but it would…
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