Posts Tagged ‘plot’
The Inner Life of Writers and Their Protagonists
by Martha Alderson The present day story that unfolds in scenes on the page is known as the front story. Behind the front story is a character’s backstory made up of everything that has happened to her before the present moment. The beliefs and people she was raised with, her education, and her emotional development…
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Eleven elements will determine the response of agents and editors to a novel or memoir.
Read MoreThe S Theory of Compelling Storytelling
If you’re writing fiction or nonfiction that you want to read like fiction, every line you write must compel your readers to read the next line.
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