You’ve gone to the next step: you now know what creative writing is. You’d like to get started in it. The inevitable question is… how? For reference, look at Daily Writing Tips’ awesome article Creative Writing 101. There are quite a few steps given there. I will be adding my own touches to them. So, [...] Click to continue reading »
Compelling Opening Chapters Written — Then What?
Today we’re wrapping up the series on Writing Compelling Opening Chapters. So far, we know: Why exactly we should write a great opening chapter The best way of beginning a compelling opening chapter What should be and told and shown in that chapter … and do’s and don’ts of writing it exactly. Now of course [...] Click to continue reading »
Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Compelling Opening Chapter
Now we’ve learned why we should write a compelling opening chapter, my best way of beginning a compelling opening chapter, and what should be told and shown in the compelling opening chapter. Today, let’s learn the Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Compelling Opening Chapter. All too often, writers have great content, but fail to [...] Click to continue reading »
What Should Be Told and Shown in the Opening Chapter?
An ideal first chapter tells the reader only what’s necessary. After all you can’t finish a story in a chapter can’t you? (Well you can with short stories… but that’s another story.) You must tell the reader the main parts, not the subsidiary parts. The things which are important must be in the front in [...] Click to continue reading »
The Best Way of Writing a Compelling Opening Chapter
“Help!” someone cried out. “Get me out of this! My leg’s fractured! Is anyone there? Help!” “Who was that?” Victor said. A terrible noise came from a mansion. Hammering on doors could be heard. Screams echoed in the area. “Sounds like he’s in trouble,” Dave replied, worried. “Fractured? How? Why?” “Let’s find out.” Imagine what [...] Click to continue reading »
The Big Picture of a Novel — Part II
In the first part of this post I started explaining about The Big Picture of a Novel. In the second part I will start the process of how to actually be aware about it. Click to continue reading »
The Big Picture of a Novel
For me, writing a novel isn’t the same as writing the short story. The two are very very different, and that’s not for me. That’s saying for everyone. Writing a short story of 1000-2000 words means you don’t have to worry about the big picture. You just write a gripping event which happened one day [...] Click to continue reading »
