I can’t remember how the magnificent Sezin Koehler and I became online friends; I think it was when I was first on Pinterest and she was posting the most amazing pins like ev-ver. At any rate, online friends we are, and I very much enjoy…
Tag: plotting
Say what? You’ve heard of alternate realities. Tell me you’ve heard of alternate realities. Parallel universes? Quantum probabilities? Schroedinger’s Cat? ANYWHO, I’m talking about the concept that there are multiple possibilities in any situation — in the case I’m making, in a writing project. I…
At the critique group meeting the other day, we were talking about story arcs. In case you haven’t heard of them, they’re pretty much what they sound like: the arcs of stories. Story arcs are traditionally shown like this: Not very helpful. Better ones break…