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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Tuesday's Writer's Tip - Make Each Scene Important #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #writing #scenes #importance

Another tip to keep your plot moving forward is keeping each scene have importance. Stories are made up of scenes. Sometimes you write one that seems to flow easily and the writing is wonderful. But you have to ask yourself if the scene shows something vital to advancing the plot. I've done this many times while letting my characters tell the story. Then I must look at the scene and see what tension it brings to the plot. Describing what the characters are eating, seeing, hearing, touching, tasting might be wonderful but where is the added tension. Either you must cut the scene or rewrite it to add that touch on imoportance to what's really happening.

Cutting a scene is hard. You may look on it as your best writing. If you can's find or add that tidbit of tension and make the scene have importance to the story, out it goes. What you;re looking for is a single sentence, some inner thought or a bit of action that makes an importance to the scene. So always remember each scene must have that little element that adds to the plot.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Tuesday's Writer's Tip Plot and Subplots - Braiding #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Writing #Plots #Subplots #Braiding

Subplots in longer stories are a must but finding a way to bring them into the story without having one of them make the main plot seem weak takes some tricks. Braiding them into the story helps for they bring depth tothe story.

In my current WIP the main plot is the quest. All six main characters are drawn to travel south and a mysterious prediction binds them together. Each of these six characters have subplots. One of the subplots is in finding each other but this is fraught with problems. And each of these characters has some worries that are only theirs. There is rivalry between the male characters. Each of these male characters also has to come to grips iwth their emerging talents. The female characters also have similar problems to solve. They also must find each other since they were triplets but were separated with they were six years old. Juggling all the subplots without making the main plot weak is an interesting challenge.

So look at your stories and think about the main plot. Make sure it's strong. And the subplots, make sure they can be interwoved in the main plot of the story by braiding them together.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Tuesday's Writer's tip - On Plot - Scenes #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Writing #Plot #Scenes

Scenes are the building blocks of a story. In a short work, there may only be one scene but longer pieces of fiction usually carry a number of scenes. So learning to write a scene is good practice.

Just what is a scene? A scene is a way of showing what's happening in the story. We all have ehard the show but don't tell. Telling in a story is generally a summary. Sometimes use to get from one scene to the next. A scene shows the interaction between a character and other characters, the setting or the problem. A scene consists of showing a connecting action that will advance the plot. There can be dialogue, action, dialogue and interaction with other people or with the environment.

Think of two people talking about what they're planning to do , or arguing or gossiping about a character off stage. All of these form a scene and allows the reader to know more about the characters.

Think about a woman or a man entering a new and strange to them environment. Their actions, thoughts and emotions are a scene.

Scenes may be long or short. I have friends who write love scenes that may continue for pages and pages, sometimes chapters, I've read other scenes that are just a few sentences but bring an atmosphere into being.

Scenes aren't random. They have a purpose and when writing a scene knowing what the purpose of the scene means to the overall story is important. I've a book coming out soon that opens with a series of short scenes that begin before the real story begins. There are four short chapters, each having three or four scenes. All these scenes are waht drives the remainder of the book and become evident as the book progresses.

So take care and use your scenes to show the reader into the characters and the plot of the story.

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