Pagewake Storycraft
Cae HawksmoorFor writers of fantasy and science fiction who want to deepen their craft and rekindle their wonder. Advice from a developmental editor and story guide.
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Try/Fail Cycles: The Engine Room of Story (Scene Alchemy #4)
We’ve come a long way in exploring the anatomy of a scene: our character has something they want in this moment, has done something about it, and encountered an obstacle or problem that gets in their way.
This is where we enter the engine...
Obstacles: The Point of Ignition (Scene Alchemy #3)
In the same way a fire needs oxygen, fuel, and heat, speculative fiction novels have three things they need to catch light:
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An interesting character who provides the air a story needs to breathe.
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A powerful goal, creating the fu...
Action: Where Your Character Meets the Road (Scene Alchemy #2)
The single greatest way that speculative fiction authors can strengthen their novels is this:
Make sure your scenes follow the intoxicating rhythm your readers expect, flowing through the unbreakable chain of goal → action → obstacle → try...
Goals: Your Narrative North Star (Scene Alchemy #1)
You don’t need to spend thousands to start editing your novel. You just need to know where most stories go wrong.
After six years as a developmental editor, more than 95% of the books I work on suffer from the same issue.
This series is a...
I didn’t believe in writing communities. Then I started one
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“This writing is trash. It reads like an emo kid’s wet dream.”
I was so proud of that story. But in the space of a few moments, a stranger in a writing group burned it all to dust.
Later, a moderator messa...
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