In the Part 1 of this post we covered the brainstorming part of plotting, where you capture everything you know, then fill in the blanks, amalgamate, then drop all that information into your favourite story structure. In Part 2, we looked at making a scene out of the beats, and time saving hacks for organizing […]
In the last part of this post we covered the brainstorming part of plotting, where you capture everything you know, then fill in the blanks, amalgamate, then drop all that information into your favourite story structure. This post, we sort that amorphous blob of information into a well-developed story outline that will speed your writing
Back in July, Rob asked me in comments: The place I currently get hung up when it comes to being more prolific is the plotting/planning stage. I can write fairly quickly and cleanly, but it takes me a while to plot out a new book, especially if it’s the first in a new series. All
Last week’s log: MONDAY 0 TUESDAY 6,704 WEDNESDAY 9,363 THURSDAY 8,516 FRIDAY 9,014 SATURDAY 0 For a total of 33,597 words. I finished the book on Friday and immediately rolled into plotting on Saturday. Today (your yesterday if you read this the day it posts) I’m wrapping up the last of the plot and will slide into writing
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This is a four-part series. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four I promised to step fully onto this smoking lava bed of a subject when I wrote the two parts of Why Bother Writing Lots of Books Quickly? So, I’ve rolled up my sleeves today. Does Fast = Crap? In a word, no.
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