Monthly Archives: December 2011
Paragraphing
Paragraphing is not a glamorous subject and rarely seems critical, but it’s as important to the structure of our writing as is the sentence. First, both in fiction and non-fiction the purpose is similar: both sentence and paragraph are organizational … Continue reading
Filed under Pace, Paragraphing, Writing Style
Writing Help
Writing has long been portrayed as a solitary endeavor. So many have an image of the angst-driven artist, pounding away at a keyboard in a lonely loft, far away from the masses. Or perhaps he’s sitting at a corner table … Continue reading
Filed under Writing Process
Novels In Three Acts . . . More Or Less
Some writing instructors insist on a particular story structure: there must be three acts and between each, a door of no return. Screenwriters use this formulaic structure, and many novelists have adapted it. But is this “beginning, middle, and end” framework a must? Continue reading
Filed under Plot
