http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/-t1.htm Know of a useful writing site or an encouraging article? Share it here. Need a little motivation or tips? Browse our articles. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:04:27 GMT 10 http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/110/l_5842a17f465c4126a2e7fd7a51f5713d.png http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/-t1.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/write-a-novel-step-by-step-t16.htm Trolligans 1. make your character 2. Give your character a problem to solve. 3. Bring in helpers for your character. 4. Your hero investigates a problem. 5. Hero is in the place where the problem began. 6. Hero begins to make progress, only to be thwarted. 7. As your hero learns more he is tested more. He gets in and out of problems only to be thrust into another problem. Get your hero in "the deep stuff." 8. Put your hero in a desperate situation; the more threatening ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:04:27 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/write-a-novel-step-by-step-t16.htm#16 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/write-a-novel-step-by-step-t16.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/use-5-senses-to-create-perfect-settings-t15.htm Trolligans In his book SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL FICTION, Robert Newton Peck suggests that, " . . . a good author writes with a camera, not a pen." Let's consider, then, that if the author's eye is the camera, then his/her paper is the theater screen. What the author imagines or "sees" must be transmitted to the paper in such a dramatic way that the reader feels he/she is actually a part of the scene they're reading, experiencing it and seeing it in a physical sense. In plotting our ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:03:25 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/use-5-senses-to-create-perfect-settings-t15.htm#15 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/use-5-senses-to-create-perfect-settings-t15.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/real-characters-and-not-puppets-t14.htm Trolligans Unbelievable Actions We have all seen this happen, in books, in plays, in films, and most especially in TV soaps, where one or more characters in a sudden unexpected and usually irritating illogical twist decide to behave in the most absurd and unbelievable manner. You know, like when following several chapters of troubled emotions your main character suddenly realizes that he was never really in love with her after all and that he'd be much better off with this girl he just met on the bus, ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:02:55 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/real-characters-and-not-puppets-t14.htm#14 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/real-characters-and-not-puppets-t14.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/quick-tips-t13.htm Trolligans I hope that this list of rules I have learned over my experience as a writer will help anyone who reads it. -Make it art. Don't just make a story "entertaining," make it beautiful and deep. A piece that is made for anything less than greatness is a waste of time. -Give it a unique style. Use the style of writing that you are most comfortable with. -Have a theme(s) in mind. Themes are overarching ideas that guide your piece e.g. darkness, light, power, beauty, etc. -Edit ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:02:30 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/quick-tips-t13.htm#13 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/quick-tips-t13.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/presenting-dialogue-t12.htm Trolligans Presenting and Developing Dialogue This Article is not concerned with the actual dialogue itself but rather with its presentation. Dialogue, being primarily the speech and possibly thoughts of your characters must differ considerably from the narrative itself in both appearance, grammatical and punctuation rules as well as formation and content. How should I quote it? That is why we generally enclose dialogue within quotes in order to clearly identify it from the narrative. And here ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:02:04 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/presenting-dialogue-t12.htm#12 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/presenting-dialogue-t12.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/novel-outlining-101-t11.htm Trolligans Concept: To create a weblog post that presents a simple method of outlining a novel. Plan: Demonstrate the method by using it to outline the post, then use the outline to write the post itself. Prologue: Outlining Demo Part One: Introduction to Novel Outlining, Definitions, Purpose Part Two: Examples of Outlined Scenes, Chapters and Parts Part Three: Common problems, Suggested Resolutions, Finale Epilogue: Links to other posts and articles on novel outlining at PBW and elsewhere I. ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:01:40 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/novel-outlining-101-t11.htm#11 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/novel-outlining-101-t11.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/the-narrator-of-the-story-t10.htm Trolligans A mention of a narrator and perhaps more so in past times rather than our cold technological age, often conjures up warm images of an old white haired man surrounded by the village children, or of a weather-beaten face of a retired sea-captain in the local inn, both surrounded by awed attentive faces listening in on one fantastic tale after another. This may not occur nowadays but still the role of the narrator as the central point of reference perhaps remains, for after all the narrator is none ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:01:02 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/the-narrator-of-the-story-t10.htm#10 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/the-narrator-of-the-story-t10.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/kurt-vonnegut-s-8-basics-of-creative-writing-t9.htm Trolligans 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. 4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action. 5. Start as close to the end as possible. 6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:00:39 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/kurt-vonnegut-s-8-basics-of-creative-writing-t9.htm#9 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/kurt-vonnegut-s-8-basics-of-creative-writing-t9.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/elements-of-fiction-t8.htm Trolligans For the purpose of this article, the fictional work in question is assumed to be the Novel, although the same elements are basically present in any form of fictional works such as the Short-Story, The Novelette, and the Play. Obviously any fictional work itself must belong to a specific genre or type (please see genres of fictional works), but in each of such genres, the basic divisions and elements remain the same. There are various factors which determine the quality and likeability of ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:00:02 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/elements-of-fiction-t8.htm#8 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/elements-of-fiction-t8.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/character-development-questions-t7.htm Trolligans Here are some helpful guiding questions that’ll help develop your character’s story. Keep in mind: this is by no means a complete list. Continue to ask yourself questions as you further develop your character, both before, during and after the writing process. 1. Who does your character aspire to be? 2. What helped develop this aspiration? 3. Does your character have other aspirations that clash with this one? 4. Who did your character grow up with 5. Did these people ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:59:39 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/character-development-questions-t7.htm#7 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/character-development-questions-t7.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/all-about-dialogue-t6.htm Trolligans Why Dialogue? Why do we have to include dialogue in our work? Can we totally avoid dialogue? Well yes, there are countless stories without dialogue but that is just what they are: dull and somewhat distant stories. Just think of yourself trying to tell of some funny or humorous incident which happened back at the office or a night out with your mates, can you manage doing it without at least once referring to what someone said? Dialogues are what bring the story-telling to life, you ... Useful Sites and Articles Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:59:06 GMT http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/all-about-dialogue-t6.htm#6 http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/all-about-dialogue-t6.htm http://wridanoju.forumotion.com/useful-sites-and-articles-f7/the-three-act-structure-for-novels-t5.htm Trolligans All storytelling is built on three acts: the set-up; the main exposition & action; the resolution. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a novel, short story, screenplay, or stand-up comic’s joke –they all have the three acts. Even plays broken down into four or five acts still use the three-act structure to tell the story. When I plot a novel –and especially when I rewrite after finishing a first draft—the first thing I do is craft an outline that identifies the three acts. Here’s ... 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