MAY IS HOSTED BY WRITING RULES BY WRITERS, DONALD MAASS' TWEETS ON CREATING THE PERFECT NOVEL ;) & SECTIONS INSPIRED BY THESE:
“Write
every day. Anything you do every day gets easier. If you’re insanely busy, make
the amount that you write every day small (100 words? 250 words?) but do it
every day.” ~ Cory Doctorow
DONALD
MAASS WRITE TIP 75
Plot-driven
WIP? How does the Big Problem affect your MC in ways that it doesn’t affect
others? What’s the ultimate cost?
“Thank you, I appreciate the
not being unconscious part you pointed out. And, I can tell you think this
Welcome to my Space ship speech is going well – truly, I’m prepared to listen
if the alternative is terminal – but, for decades, people from my town have
been going missing: of the never-seen-again variety – so, mostly it's a Thanks
but No, thanks from me. I’d be happy if you just pointed me towards the
door.”
Are
you writing plot-driven fiction? How does the Big Problem affect your MC in
ways that it doesn’t affect anyone else?
