Five Months on the First Scene
Believe it or not, I’ve spent the first five months of 2012 discussing the essential elements that must be in…
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Watch Your Tone
Since you need to establish the tone of your book right from the start, I want to spend a little…
Endings That Spark Beginnings
I covered scene beginnings and middles over the last few weeks, so let’s look at endings. Just like beginnings, endings…
Muddle the Middle of Your Scenes
I went into detail about scene beginnings last week, and I’ll be spending a bit more time on scene structure…
Don’t Go Nowhere Fast
Scenes must have a point to them or they shouldn’t be in your novel. I’ll repeat that. Scenes must have…
Creating “Moments” So You Don’t Bore Your Reader
We’re looking at scenes right now, and in my last post I talked about creating each scene so that it’s…
The Defining of a Scene
While we’re on this multi-monthlong discussion of all the essential elements needed in your first few pages, I want to…
Where’s My Voice?
One of the essential elements needed on your first page (and that continues through to the end of your novel)…
Seeing the World through Your Character’s Eyes
One of the essential things you need to do in your first scene is ground your protagonist in her setting….
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