To paraphrase Alfred Hitchcock: ‘First we write the screenplay and then we add the dialogue’. Many people begin to write their scripts or novels by immediately starting writing the characters speaking to each other. A story is something that is built from a variety of elements, just like a house is built from a variety of construction materials. The elements are called your structural principles. These must be mastered before you can write any story that will hold the attention of your audience.
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The last activity when preparing your story
Thursday, August 6th, 2009The first decision for your story
Friday, July 31st, 2009The easiest way to ensure that you finish your story, and that it has a logical progression, is by deciding on how you intend to finish it. You often hear that stories are written backwards. Not knowing this is like setting out in your car but not knowing where you are going. Why would you want to drive aimlessly through the streets going nowhere? It is the same with your writing. If you don’t know where you are going, you will never arrive, and of course your story will never be sold.
Being a Great Writer!
Wednesday, July 15th, 200910% of your writing is structural knowledge and 90% of it is who you are. When you work on yourself your writing will improve dramatically. This is the great secret of successful writing as well as successful living.