Writing craft
Show, Don't Tell, But Why?Posts
1/30/24
Why is it important to show rather than tell the story?
Being EditedPosts
10/6/23
What’s it like to be edited?
Pournelle and Heinlein Writing AdvicePosts
7/19/23
(Dr). Jerry Pournelle passes along writing-advice from Robert Heinlein and himself.
Where Stories Come FromPosts
1/26/22
It’s not pretty.
Robert Carlson’s Ultimate Story Structure ChartPosts
6/1/21
What’s the Structure?
Robert Carlson created a summary chart of thirteen (13) story structure overviews. Here’s his diagram (saved from a comment at reddit).
Designing for Writing (Plottr then Scrivener)Posts
5/14/21
Plotters versus Pantsers
Plotters plan a story’s major events, then they write using that guide. (Pantsers, on the other hand, simply jump right in to the writing and “see where it goes.”)
What is Scrivener?
Scrivener is a set of computer tools for organizing, writing, editing, and publishing predominantly “text” works.
Introduction
Over thousands of years, storytellers have learned two things about people:
A Simple Book
Let’s say we just want to create a simple book, nothing fancy, with Scrivener. We have three chapters named In The Beginning, The Middle, and It End’th.