How to Hook Readers and Reel Them into Your Scenes
We toss around the word hook when we talk about stories. What’s the hook? we ask. Sometimes we’re talking about the…
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Keys to Moving Your Plot Forward
I tell writers often they are failing to “advance their plot.” What does that mean, and why does it matter?…
Start the New Year with a Comprehensive Scene Outline
I wrote this post a year ago, and since I did this series on scene outlines, I’ve had dozens of…
8 Steps to a Perfect Scene
I’m sharing a guest post I wrote some months back for Jerry Jenkins (Here’s the link to the original post,…
3 Steps to Successfully Outlining Your Novel
Outlining your novel in some fashion is one of the best ways to ensure you have a solid story structure….
6 Cinematic Techniques You Can Apply to Your Novel Right Now
Many of us were raised watching thousands of movies and television shows. The style, technique, and methods used in film…
20 Key Scenes for Writers of Romance Novels
Last week we began a discussion on romance novel structure. While just about any story of any genre can work…
How to Layer Scenes in a Romance Novel
This week (and for over some additional weeks) I’m going to show you how you can layer those next ten…
How to Weave a Subplot into the Structure of Your Novel
This week we’re going to explore how novelists can layer a series of scenes over the foundational structure that’s already…
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