Story Structure for Non-Conformists by illuminara, journal
Story Structure for Non-Conformists
I’m sure you’ve all heard someone bemoaning the importance of story structure, probably a die-hard outliner like me who obsessively plans out their story before they start writing a word of their first draft. If you’re new to the novel-writing scene or a seat-of-your-pants writer (often called a “pantser”), you may be wondering what story structure is, exactly, and why you should bother with it. After all, first drafts are about discovering you story for the first time, so why do you need to worry about planning it out ahead of time?Well, here’s the thing: story structure is the skeleton of a story. If you don’t build the structure first, ...
8 Ideas for Optimizing Your Writing Workspace by DesdemonaDeBlake, literature
Literature
8 Ideas for Optimizing Your Writing Workspace
8 Ideas for Optimizing Your Writing Workspace Anybody Can Write a Novel Version 2.0 Chapter 1 “Beginning to Write” – Section 4 “Your Workspace” ( Previous Tutorial ) ( Next Tutorial )
"My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents"-Chuck Berry In the same spirit of making yourself more self-motivated to write and warding off writer's block, a few of my readers have asked about optimizing your writing workspace for the utmost productivity. This presents something of a difficult topic to...
Still here, still writing and sometimes drawing. Work, work, work, I sell used cars right now and it takes up a lot of my free time. Nanowrimo is coming up again and I plan on participating again and hopefully I will be able finish the book this go around. Here is a link if you are curious http://nanowrimo.org/
You there! I like your art, it's very fantastic indeed! How would you feel doing the art for the storyboard of an animatic to a Voltaire song? No deadline, no pay either, just recognition and listening to some new music. What say you?
Hey, i appreciate you liking my artwork and for the consideration but unfortunately i have to decline your offer. Recognition sounds great and all but i got three kids to keep fed and clothed. I wish you the best of luck with your project.