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Category: Plot

Laying a separate track

May 5, 2010February 11, 2019 Victoria

Okay, here’s my dilemma. (Which I’ll figure out by May 1 but what the hey). In my first draft, my heroine finds out her nemesis is her half-sister in a climactic reveal. In my revision, those two characters start looking the same. The problem is that it started to turn… Read more“Laying a separate track”

Advice Column, Plot

Faking a resolution

May 4, 2010February 11, 2019 Victoria

You often mention faux-resolutions. Can you go into greater depth about what this means, how to best accomplish this, how close to the real resolution it should come, etc?—Joe Iriarte Of course, Joe. Now, I know as well as you do that you people would never fake out your reader…. Read more“Faking a resolution”

Advice Column, Plot

Prologuing

May 3, 2010February 11, 2019 Victoria

To prologue or not to prologue? (First book and subsequent books.)—@CourtneyReese86 Short answer? Not. Long answer? Why not? Because the purpose of a prologue is to either set the scene, create a mood, or give the reader essential backstory. Once upon a time, writers experimented heavily with the first two… Read more“Prologuing”

Advice Column, Plot

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