So, one day, after lots of ideas have been passed around and plans drawn up and several chapters written and hacked about, the collaborative writers wake up to the realisation that they’ve written a novel. Or at least something that…
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Four and a half things a good self-editor needs to do
Posted in 2012, How-to's, Writing Tagged with: arc story, Chekov's gun, Chuck Cunningham syndrome, editing, finishing a novel, Harry Potter, lampshading, Occam's Razor, plot
If Heaven was a corporation
In our novel, Satan loses his job and is given ‘indefinite leave’ which he is forced to spend on Earth. Such a premise requires that the realm of the afterlife, perhaps both heaven and hell, is run rather like…
Posted in 2012, Books, Reflections Tagged with: arc story, corporate culture, Dilbert, Hanlon's Razor, Heaven, Hell
Planning in more detail
Sharpies at the ready In order to do some more detailed planning, we met up to have a chat in a pub. Most of the discussion so far has been by email, or in the company of the rest of…
Posted in 2011, Writing Tagged with: arc story, Birmingham Writers Group, Collaborative writing, index cards, nothing wasted for writers, planning, plot, three act structure
Plotting Our Story: Movie, TV Series or Novel
Yeah, I’m going to write about plotting again because, although I’ve laid out my interpretation of the three act structure, how we use that in plotting a whole piece depends upon what kind of piece it’s going to be. I’m…
Posted in 2011, Writing Tagged with: arc story, Good Omens, planning, plot, sitcom, three act structure
