Jan 30, 2008
By Edwin McRae
Scenes must move. For your main characters, each scene or chapter should be a sheer slope or a plunging ravine in their emotional rollercoaster. Positive to negative for one scene, reverse the polarity in the next.
Let’s demonstrate with Sir Norman the Norman, bastard-sword-wielding knight of medieval Northern French persuasion.
Scene 1 – This is Norman’s first [...]
Scenes must move. For your main characters, each scene or chapter should be a sheer slope or a plunging ravine in their emotional rollercoaster. Positive to negative for one scene, reverse the polarity in the next.
Let’s demonstrate with Sir Norman the Norman, bastard-sword-wielding knight of medieval Northern French persuasion.
Scene 1 – This is Norman’s first adventure, thus he is terrified (-) about storming the forbidding citadel and rescuing the beautiful princess, Sofia (who he has never met but has heard lots of ... Read More
Jan 15, 2008
By Joe Nassise
I wanted to talk this month about Middles and offer some advice on how to keep yours from sagging.
No, I’m not talking about belly fat. That’s a different blog. I’m talking about the middle of your book, the place where you have the greatest chance of screwing up and losing your reader.
Nine times out of [...]
I wanted to talk this month about Middles and offer some advice on how to keep yours from sagging.
No, I'm not talking about belly fat. That's a different blog. I'm talking about the middle of your book, the place where you have the greatest chance of screwing up and losing your reader.
Nine times out of ten, if you are going to lose a reader, it will be in the middle of the book, in that long, seemingly endless stretch that ties your ... Read More
Dec 12, 2007
By Joe Nassise
We’re quite happy to announce that the RSS Feeds for our site have been fixed and should now be operational. Thank you all for your patience, suggestions, and assistance in resolving the issue.
If anyone experiences any problems, please let us know in the Comments to this post.
Best,
Your friendly neighborhood administrators
We're quite happy to announce that the RSS Feeds for our site have been fixed and should now be operational. Thank you all for your patience, suggestions, and assistance in resolving the issue.
If anyone experiences any problems, please let us know in the Comments to this post.
Best,
Your friendly neighborhood administrators Read More
Oct 15, 2007
By Joe Nassise
Welcome to the new look and feel for Storytellersunplugged!
After 2 and 1/4 years of that old plain vanilla, we decided it was time to bring a new face to your favorite writing blog. Some of the changes we’ve made include:
New style and layout
Improved search functions
Better tagging and indexing
Bookshelves with the latest works by our [...]
Welcome to the new look and feel for Storytellersunplugged!
After 2 and 1/4 years of that old plain vanilla, we decided it was time to bring a new face to your favorite writing blog. Some of the changes we've made include:
New style and layout
Improved search functions
Better tagging and indexing
Bookshelves with the latest works by our contributors, linked to Amazon.com and other virtual bookstores, all accessed through their Contributor pages (please note these are rolling out all week - only a few are ... Read More
Dec 15, 2005
By Joe Nassise
Every now and then I use my scheduled slot to give our readers a quick update on what’s happening here at Storytellersunplugged and this week is one of those weeks.
As you can see from the list of columnists on the right, we’ve had a few personnel changes around here. The writing life can by [...]
Every now and then I use my scheduled slot to give our readers a quick update on what's happening here at Storytellersunplugged and this week is one of those weeks.
As you can see from the list of columnists on the right, we've had a few personnel changes around here. The writing life can by cyclical and sometimes the amount of work that falls into a short segment of time can overwhelm other activities. Such is the case with some of ... Read More
