NaNoWriMo Quickstart Guide – Part Eight: Writing a Synopsis
Step 8: Writing a Synopsis While you might be tempted to write your story just from your scene list, it’s a good idea to take one more...
NaNoWriMo Quickstart Guide – Part Seven: Organize Your Ideas Into Scenes
Step 7: Organize Your Ideas Into Scenes The next step is also simple and fun – you take your big collection of scenes and try to see...
NaNoWriMo Quickstart Guide – Part Six: Brainstorm Situations and Scenes
Step 6: Brainstorm Situations and Scenes Once you have your cast, it’s time to figure out what’s going to happen to them. This is where the fun...
NaNoWriMo Quickstart Guide – Part Five: Pick Your Main Characters
Step 5: Pick your Main Characters It might seem strange that it took so long to talk about the characters, after all, you already thought up rough...
NaNoWriMo Quickstart Guide – Part Four: Picking a Theme
Step 4: Picking a Theme While an interesting main plot or idea for the story is going to make it interesting to read, the truth is if...
NaNoWriMo Quickstart Guide – Part Three: Picking a Core Premise
Step 3: Picking a Core Premise Your next task is to pick a Core Premise for your story based on the pile of ideas you’ve just put...
NaNoWriMo Quickstart Guide – Part Two: Brainstorming Ideas
Step 2: Brainstorming Ideas Once you’ve picked your genre, the next step is customizing this story so it’s yours. How do you do this? It’s pretty simple-...
NaNoWriMo Quickstart Guide – Part One: Pick A Genre
The following multi-part series will offer a step-by-step quick-start guide to putting together a story. Even if you have little to no experience with writing, this guide...
20 Tips for Writing Successful Webnovels
There are a number of survival strategies that Webnovel authors use to try to keep on top of their relentless workload while keeping their audience happy. These...
The Importance of the Spine of Action- Game of Thrones and Legend of the Galactic Heroes
The importance of a story’s central activity, or Spine of Action should never be underestimated when writing, especially when you’re writing longer works. Two beautiful examples of...