For 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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Discovery Writer? Here’s Where Things Can Go Wrong
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Discovery writing is a wonderful thing.
Or maybe you call it pantsing instead.
Whatever the name, it’s what happens when you sit down with an idea and write the whole story like that—without outlining everything...
Scene Alchemy: Scene Structure & Conflict in Novel Writing
Start with Part 1 and work your way through, or jump straight to the element you're struggling with!
Are These 6 Characters Wrecking Your Novel?
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Sixteen characters walk into a chapter, and the reader says, “I don’t know why you’re all here, but I don’t like it.”
You need to know this about stories: now more than ever, your readers are here for your c...
Scene Alchemy: Maps, Guides, and Lost Questions
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Throughout the Scene Alchemy series, we’ve been looking at the single greatest problem I see as a developmental editor: a lack of scene structure, which makes a story lose focus, lose direction, and lose reade...
Putting It All Together: Quiet Scenes, Pacing, and Breaking the Rules (Scene Alchemy #8)
Speculative fiction scenes come in all shapes and sizes, but the best tend to follow the same rhyming scheme:
- The protagonist (or point of view character) wants something badly. A temporary goal they must achieve to reach their goal f...
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