29 posts from July 2009

So You Want to Write a Novel: Obstacles (http://ping.fm/g4J5X)

So You Want to Write a Novel: Obstacles (http://ping.fm/fMlMO)

Every good story needs an interesting and compelling character, centered in a riveting set of events that force her or him to reveal their best, and worst qualities.

What do we call these set of events that push and prod the major character to show her or his mettle, their tenacious and persevering personality?

Obstacles. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/6NECo

Every good story needs an interesting and compelling character, centered in a riveting set of events that force her or him to reveal their best, and worst qualities.

What do we call these set of events that push and prod the major character to show her or his mettle, their tenacious and persevering personality?

Obstacles. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/JsHk4

So You Want to Write A Book: How Did It Come to You? (http://ping.fm/1AgXs)

So You Want to Write a Book: Why? (http://ping.fm/gyAbz)

So you want to write a book. How did it come to you?

Did you receive the urge to write your book through an image? Or did you get the idea from an article you read?

Perhaps a movie held a theme that stimulated you to create your own story? Or have you, for quite some time, been carrying around with you the plot and movements of a story? Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/CC2W4

The idea for your story has come to you. Images are filling your head. You cannot get a free thought that is not related to the theme. While driving you find yourself writing in your mind.

This may sound a bit crazy, but I raise the question, Why do you want to write this book?
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So You Want to Write a Novel: Situation and Story (http://ping.fm/rFrHb)

If you want to write a novel then you must begin to think of the situation, and the story.

Situation is context, the nature of events that brought about the story. Story is sequence of events regarding the preceding change. Read the rest of this entry…

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