first plot point Archive
Despite going back to rewrite my scene yesterday because it had gotten off track, it threatened to do the same thing again today. Fortunately, I was able to use the beats as a focus point to return and prevent myself …
Yesterday, I wrote about how I was trying to shove too much into my first plot point scene. It had gotten derailed by an argument between two of the characters before getting to the point. While I wanted to show …
I think I’ve tried to stuff too much into my First Plot Point scene, between the hero learning of the threat against her, to a fight between her protectors – the guide and best friend. The latter threatened to derail …
So far, the scene beats I wrote during yesterday’s outline session have served me well, even though I’m just starting to crack them. I felt the need to start the scene with setting and a description of how time passed …
In the scene that I started today, my hero learns about the threat against her and has to make her first decision about how to respond. But at the same time, each of the main characters are together in this …
I’m trying to adopt the mentality that I am writing for myself in the first draft and to worry less about wording than about getting the story down on the page, but I still find my perfectionist tendencies interfering. I …
Since my computer went down, all I’ve had to use was my phone and external keyboard or my voice recorder – though I don’t have Dragon to transcribe at the moment. But today, I borrowed my wife’s computer and it …
I’m inside again, typing on my phone. I am finding that to be slightly easier for picking up scenes partway through, but in the long run, I want to keep up the dictation practice. I think that’s going to serve …
It was still raining when I got up this morning, so I’m at my phone once again to type. Of course, no sooner did I decide on that course of action than the skies started to clear, but I’m not …