Writing Craft
Show, Don't Tell, But Why?Post
January 30, 2024
Why is it important to show rather than tell the story?
Being EditedPost
October 6, 2023
What’s it like to be edited?
Pournelle and Heinlein Writing AdvicePost
July 19, 2023
(Dr). Jerry Pournelle passes along writing-advice from Robert Heinlein and himself.
Where Stories Come FromPost
January 26, 2022
It’s not pretty.
What’s the Structure?
Robert Carlson created a summary chart of thirteen (13) story structure overviews. Here’s his diagram (saved from a comment at reddit).
Plotters versus Pantsers
Plotters plan a story’s major events, then they write using that guide. (Pantsers, on the other hand, simply jump right in to the writing and “see where it goes.”)
Learning Scrivener
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February 6, 2021
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February 6, 2021
What is Scrivener?
Scrivener is a set of computer tools for organizing, writing, editing, and publishing predominantly “text” works.
Storylines in Scrivener
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January 27, 2021
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January 27, 2021
Introduction
Over thousands of years, storytellers have learned two things about people: