syn·aes·the·sia – a subjective sensation that occurs in one sense modality when another modality is stimulated…. syn·aes·thet'ic – involving more than one sense
The mirror moment and door #2. The Mirror Moment Write your novel from the middle James Scott Bell Midpoint (of story, may not actually be): A look in the mirror Who am I? What have I become? What MUST I become? Or I am probably going to die Finding strength to keep going
Crucible: arena of conflict What binds the two combatants together? Thriller Reason the bad guy keeps going Is not going to give up Moral or professional duty to continue (eg police, detective) Eg The Odd Couple Friends but very different Felix is suicidal as his wife has left him Oscar, as his friend, […]
Structure – Door #1 Structure is the software for your imagination Putting the story in the right order allows people to read it in the best way possible : Beginning Middle End Or as some people have: Beginning Muddle End Concept: Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Pillars go deep into the […]
Objective: 1. The killer The answer A loved one Revenge Eg It happened one night : Clarke Gable and Claudette C both want something They need to work together to get what they both want 2. To get away from something The past Self
This was a full day seminar, really good with ideas for plotting and structure. James Scott Bell was a good presenter, and had a lot of examples from movies and books to illustrate discussion topics. Overall it was a good day (except seating arrangements, but that is a different story). My main comments were that […]
Seeing as The Great Intervention is nearly upon us (due next year in fact), I am doing a reread of the Julian May books – Saga of the Exiles, Intervention and the Galactic Milieu trilogy. For those who like their stories on a grand scale with a lot of philosophy, Jungian archetypes, history, pseudo history […]
I’ll put the rest of the Screenwriting Tips for Authors up another time. I was at the Harlequin cocktail party and then out at dinner with friends, and it is now late. Had a great day. Here is my timetable for tomorrow 8.30am – Welcome, First Sales and Little Gems Anthology Launch 8.50am – Keynote […]
Three act structure used in movies and books comes from plays has been used for more than 2,000 years also used in novels adapted for movies As authors, or playwrights or screenwriters, we need to follow this structure because readers – our audience – expects it. We deviate from it at our peril. Part of […]
The presenter of the Screenwriting Tricks for Authors Workshop, Alexandra Sokoloff, sent attendees an email last week asking us to prepare some homework prior to the workshop. The questions were as follows: 1. What genre are you writing in? Giving this is a romance convention, what subgenre are you writing in? 2. Make a list […]
