I just finished reading The Third Option by Vince Flynn. Overall, it was quite an enjoyable read. However, now that I’m wanting to write, I notice things in the story which stand out. I wish this wasn’t the case, but I think everyone who is thinking of/is/wants to be writing notices things about the books…
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LOCK in to a new way of planning your story In a previous post, I outlined some key elements to a story. I have been reading some posts lately and I came across this: LOCK in an amazing plot for your novel: Lead, Objective, Confrontation, Knockout = Great Fiction There are a lot of architects…
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WIP: Third Update Last week I was able to create all the different plots that will intertwine to form the story. This week was spent on a different variety of activities. The majority of my writing time was spent looking for information about how to avoid amateur mistakes. Some of the articles I have read:…
Read MoreWriting – Baby Steps I finally sat down today and began writing. No more stalling, no more thinking, no more plotting. I began working on the inner core of the story. I’ve found that all captivating stories have more than one layer. The very external layer is the one that contains the plot, which is…
Read MoreWriting: Stage 0.2 It’s been a while since Stage 0.1, so I thought I would give an update. I’ve had some thoughts about how to go about starting. I realised that I needed to have some sort of structure or plan as to how I am going to go about starting this. Before I delve…
Read MoreThe Fisherman I have finally decided to sit down and write something. I had this idea come to during the day and I had to write it down to work on tonight. This is a metaphoric story, try to figure out what the actual subject is. The sky was dark; small rays of warmth pierced…
Read MoreIncreasing Your Imagination – Ways To Open Your Mind: Part 2 I have already given some tips on how I allow myself to think differently to come up with new and different thought patterns. I thought I would extend this, and give even more ways to extend your imagination. 5. Look at things differently –…
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26 Associations One way to get your mind to break out of the mould is to force it to think differently. When I say differently I mean, not at all. To do this, I think of a word and then, taking the last letter of that word, think of a word starting with that letter.…
Read MoreIncreasing Your Imagination – Ways To Open Your Mind If you are the type of person who likes to create things, whether they are real, in your mind or you are actually going to build them, you need to allow yourself to be overcome with stimuli and let your imagination run free. What happens when…
Read MoreDarkness sleepushingently awarenesslipslowly wordslidelegantly ambiencebbsilently eyelidstooprecariously quenchopeventually. I haven’t written anything in a while, due to all the other things I’ve been working on. However, I decided that I had to do something. Wanted to start with something small that contains a simple idea. It worked well, took me a little while to get the…
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