by Ali | Sep 2, 2019 | Fiction
Five Handy Ways to Patch Plot Holes in Your Novel Sometimes, you feel like your story hangs together pretty well … until you re-read your whole draft. That’s when you notice all the places where it’s not quite working. If there’s a tiny inconsistency (like a...
by Ali | Aug 26, 2019 | Fiction
Novel Structure: Seven Plot Points You Should Know In screenwriting, there are commonly agreed “plot points” that movies are expected to follow. With novels, you’ve got more flexibility – but many writers and theorists would argue that you should hit...
by Ali | Aug 19, 2019 | Fiction
How Much Research Do You Need for Your Plot to Hold Together? This is the second post in our series on “Developing Better Plots”. If you missed last week’s post, you can find it here: What is Plot … and is it the Same Thing as Story or...
by Ali | Aug 12, 2019 | Fiction
What is Plot … and is it the Same Thing as Story or Narrative? For the next four weeks, we’re going to be look at “Developing Better Plots”. We’ll be covering what plot is (and isn’t), how to create a better plot, how to fix a plot that’s gone wrong, and more....
by Ali | Jul 29, 2019 | Motivation
What’s “Real” Writing – and Does Yours Count? This post was originally published in June 2013, and updated and republished in July 2019. Do you ever worry that your writing doesn’t really “count” somehow? The first time I felt this was back in 2008 –...
