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Tag Archives: Plot
Writing When You Feel Overwhelmed: Hope for the Struggling Writer
How many of you have felt totally overwhelmed when you realized the amount of work it would actually take to complete your story? I’m sitting here at Starbucks. I’m supposed to be writing the rough draft to Book 3 of … Continue reading
Posted in M. B. Weston's Writing Diary, The World of Writing, The Writing Process
Tagged Plot, writing, writing tips
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Brainstorming: Staying Open to Fresh Ideas That Conflict With Your Plan
I’m sitting in Starbucks, taking my few hours a week away from all my distractions, brainstorming my outline/pre-draft for the third book in the Elysian Chronicles Series: The Sword of the Vanir. Today, I’m trying to organize all the notes … Continue reading
#Writing: Adding Action vs. Raising the Stakes
It’s easy to add in a few action sequences to get your story moving, but without raising the stakes for your protagonist, the story might still fall flat. I’m working on the second draft of my urban-fantasy, pulp novella, and … Continue reading
Posted in Plot & Structure, The World of Writing
Tagged action, action scenes, M. B. Weston, Plot, pulp, urban fantasy, writing
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Using Character to Fix Plot: M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary 06/11/15
The interplay between plot and character development in a story should be like watching a couple on Dancing with the Stars. It’s so seamless and dazzling that it’s impossible to tell who is leading and who is following. Therefore, it’s only natural … Continue reading
Posted in Character Development, M. B. Weston's Writing Diary, Plot & Structure, The World of Writing
Tagged Character, Plot, writing
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M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/14/15
Ah the joys of the second draft. During yesterday’s writing sessions, I discovered that Chapter 4 was 20 pages long and 5,000 words. A lot of it was dialogue. Yeah, that’s not going to work in a pulp novel… The … Continue reading
Posted in Editing Your Work, M. B. Weston's Writing Diary, The World of Writing
Tagged action, dialogue, Plot, writing
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M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/04/15
Finding your plot can often feel like a snipe hunt. Generally it lasts until the wee hours of the morning, and you come back empty-handed and grouchy. After combing through the rough draft of this urban-fantasy novella, I’ve got a … Continue reading
The Magic of a Good Story
Making Make-Believe Believable: A story’s true magic has nothing to do with fantasy elements. Don’t neglect the essence of storytelling simply because you write speculative fiction. First and foremost, it’s important to understand why people read fiction. Readers want to … Continue reading
Posted in Character Development, Description, Plot & Structure, The World of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The World of Writing, Writing Believable Make-Believe
Tagged angel, author, Character development, Clash of the Titans, comic books, Conan, Description, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, guardian angel, horror, James Bond, Krull, M. B. Weston, paranormal, Plot, publishing, science fiction, setting, speaker, Speculative fiction, steampunk, warfare, writing
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The Writing Process Part 6: Cutting Your Darlings
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked via Twitter: “Mrs. @mbweston, what’s your writing process?” To answer his question, I’ve been writing a series of blog posts about how I go about my personal writing process. So far, … Continue reading
The Writing Process: Part 5 – The First Draft (B) Description
Few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked via Twitter: “Mrs. @mbweston, what’s your writing process?” To answer his question, I’ve been writing a series of blog posts about how I go about my personal writing process. So far, … Continue reading
Posted in Description, The World of Writing, The Writing Process
Tagged angel, author, Description, edit, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, five senses, guardian angel, horror, imagination, M. B. Weston, Out of the Shadows, Plot, publishing, Sense, sensory details, Short story, Show, Don’t Tell, Smell and Taste, speaker, warfare, writing, writing process
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