Showing posts with label how to write. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to write. Show all posts
Saturday, July 12, 2014
How to Write a Novel Quickly 12-12
Hey, learn to write a novel quickly by watching this video series. Also, I use Master Edit to quickly edit my novels. Click here to check it out.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
How to Write a Novel Quickly 9-12
Hey, learn to write a novel quickly by watching this video series. Also, I use Master Edit to quickly edit my novels. Click here to check it out.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
How to Write a Novel Quickly 8-12
Hey, learn to write a novel quickly by watching this video series. Also, I use Master Edit to quickly edit my novels. Click here to check it out.
How to Write a Novel Quickly 7-12
Hey, learn to write a novel quickly by watching this video series. Also, I use Master Edit to quickly edit my novels. Click here to check it out.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
How to Write a Novel Quickly 6-12
Welcome to part 5 of my video series that will help you write a novel quickly. I also use master edit to edit my novels quickly. Click here to check it out.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
How to Write a Novel Quickly 5-12
Welcome to part 5 of my video series that will help you write a novel quickly. I also use master edit to edit my novels quickly. Click here to check it out.
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
How to Write a Novel Quickly 3-12
Hey, welcome to part three of the video series, "How to Write a Novel Quickly." In this video series you will learn how to write a novel quickly, but it can also be used to write a screenplay or comic.
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A big help to me is a software called master edit
Monday, January 27, 2014
How to Write a Screenplay - Style
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In this video, I talk about one of the most important aspects of screenwriting: style. Most every beginner needs to watch this video, as they don't write according to Hollywood screenwriting style. A script is nothing like a novel or short story. It is unque. You need to learn to write LEAN.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Friday, November 20, 2009
What is tone/mood in writing?
Tone is more than just the setting, a stormy night verses a sunny beach. Tone is the words you choose to use. Those words change the tone/mood of the section you are writing. During a scary scene, you want to use words that create that tone, blood, crunch, stab, etc. His eyes stabbed into the demonic darkness.
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Here is an example of what I mean.
She entered the elephants' graveyard, fog snaking around her red shoes. Tall rib bones curved up to her shoulders, as she walked around stained bones that protruded from dry, cracked earth. Nothing but the scraps of Death remained in that place. Now read that same paragraph without well selected words. She entered the elephants' graveyard, fog swirling around her red shoes. Tall rib bones curved up to her shoulders, as she walked around dirty bones that shot up from cracked earth. Nothing but the scraps of Death remained in that place.
Just a few words were changed, and it loses tone in the process. But also, the details you choose to write makes a difference. Imagine if I hadn't mentioned the fog, rib bones, or the cracked earth.
Look at the difference between the following.
Partly hidden in the shadows, the man stared at her from across the street. The tall thin man stood next to a broken-down Honda, as the wind ruffled his trench coat, yet Heather couldn't feel the wind. She paused and her hands shook.
The thin man stood across the street, towering next to a rusted Honda that looked corroded and dead. Though he was partly consumed by the shadows, Heather could see his trench coat rippling with the wind, as if he were a living shadow. Yet she couldn't feel the wind. His silvery eyes stabbed at her through the darkness. She froze, her hands quivering by her sides.
The details you choose, the words you choose, and the order in which you write the information all adds to tone.
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Here is an example of what I mean.
She entered the elephants' graveyard, fog snaking around her red shoes. Tall rib bones curved up to her shoulders, as she walked around stained bones that protruded from dry, cracked earth. Nothing but the scraps of Death remained in that place. Now read that same paragraph without well selected words. She entered the elephants' graveyard, fog swirling around her red shoes. Tall rib bones curved up to her shoulders, as she walked around dirty bones that shot up from cracked earth. Nothing but the scraps of Death remained in that place.
Just a few words were changed, and it loses tone in the process. But also, the details you choose to write makes a difference. Imagine if I hadn't mentioned the fog, rib bones, or the cracked earth.
Look at the difference between the following.
Partly hidden in the shadows, the man stared at her from across the street. The tall thin man stood next to a broken-down Honda, as the wind ruffled his trench coat, yet Heather couldn't feel the wind. She paused and her hands shook.
The thin man stood across the street, towering next to a rusted Honda that looked corroded and dead. Though he was partly consumed by the shadows, Heather could see his trench coat rippling with the wind, as if he were a living shadow. Yet she couldn't feel the wind. His silvery eyes stabbed at her through the darkness. She froze, her hands quivering by her sides.
The details you choose, the words you choose, and the order in which you write the information all adds to tone.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Exhale scene: How to write engaging, suspenseful scenes like Dean Koontz
The exhale scene follows the inhale scene. Typically, the exhale scene is shorter than the inhale scene, but if you are writing a romance novel, then the exhale scenes will be around the same length as the inhale scenes.
Here are the parts to the exhale scene, and they don't have to happen in this order.
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Exhale Scene
1. Establish your character's emotional state, which is the result of the actions in the previous inhale scene.
2. The character gets control over her emotions and decides what to do next. If needed, have the characters review recent events.
3. The character analyzes facts to figure out what she can do next.
4. She formulates a plan and dedicates herself to it.
5. She acts in a way that sets up the next inhale scene.
For an example, I will continue where I left off in the inhale scene. I left off with Sandy failing to reach her minor goal, which was to find her hairbrush. Her boyfriend is going to show up in five minutes.
1. First, I would establish her emotional state. She is freaking out. I would write a lot of introspection in this scene. 2. Then she works out her emotional freak out and decides that she will need to do something else with her hair. 3. Sandy looks at her options. 4. She can brush her hair using her mother's brush, which will leave it frizzy. Oh well. She does that, then she puts a lot of leave-in conditioner, and then she puts it back in a ponytail. That will have to do. 5. After finishing with her hair, she goes outside to wait for her boyfriend because she doesn't want to let him in the house, where her family will most likely embarrass her.
This sets up the next inhale scene. Her new goal is to meet her boyfriend and get in the car quickly so that he doesn't have the chance to meet her family. A new problem presents itself, though. Her ex-boyfriend stops by, and she needs to get rid of him before the new guy shows up. Du dun. Du dun.
You continue to cycle through inhale and exhale scenes. Sometimes you will want to skip the exhale scene all together. Or sum it up in a short paragraph or sentence.
You could end the chapter when the MC reaches or fails to reach her ultimate goal. You might want to end the chapter with a cliffhanger as well. So in this case, the chapter ends when the date ends, and oh boy does it get crazy.
Here are the parts to the exhale scene, and they don't have to happen in this order.
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Exhale Scene
1. Establish your character's emotional state, which is the result of the actions in the previous inhale scene.
2. The character gets control over her emotions and decides what to do next. If needed, have the characters review recent events.
3. The character analyzes facts to figure out what she can do next.
4. She formulates a plan and dedicates herself to it.
5. She acts in a way that sets up the next inhale scene.
For an example, I will continue where I left off in the inhale scene. I left off with Sandy failing to reach her minor goal, which was to find her hairbrush. Her boyfriend is going to show up in five minutes.
1. First, I would establish her emotional state. She is freaking out. I would write a lot of introspection in this scene. 2. Then she works out her emotional freak out and decides that she will need to do something else with her hair. 3. Sandy looks at her options. 4. She can brush her hair using her mother's brush, which will leave it frizzy. Oh well. She does that, then she puts a lot of leave-in conditioner, and then she puts it back in a ponytail. That will have to do. 5. After finishing with her hair, she goes outside to wait for her boyfriend because she doesn't want to let him in the house, where her family will most likely embarrass her.
This sets up the next inhale scene. Her new goal is to meet her boyfriend and get in the car quickly so that he doesn't have the chance to meet her family. A new problem presents itself, though. Her ex-boyfriend stops by, and she needs to get rid of him before the new guy shows up. Du dun. Du dun.
You continue to cycle through inhale and exhale scenes. Sometimes you will want to skip the exhale scene all together. Or sum it up in a short paragraph or sentence.
You could end the chapter when the MC reaches or fails to reach her ultimate goal. You might want to end the chapter with a cliffhanger as well. So in this case, the chapter ends when the date ends, and oh boy does it get crazy.
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