Articles tagged: "plotting"

1: The Solution To Coming Up With A Unique Plot Is To Understand What That Actually Means

At the risk of spoiling the joke, I’ll start with the punch line – there is no such thing as a unique plot There, that’s got it out in the open

2: Planning A Heart-Stopping Story

Part VII of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series Over the last six lessons, you've figured out your theme, and you've worked out at least one and possibly several subthemes You've learned how to use blended scenes, intercuts, and cliffhangers to work both themes and subthemes into your work

3: Interweaving Your Novel 's Themes And Subthemes

Part VI of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series When you're writing a book, you want every page to drag the reader to the next one, even if she 's late for work, even if it 's two o'clock in the morning and he needs to be up at six, even if the plane has landed and your weary traveller really must get bags in hand and get off the plane