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Great Writing Quotes by Author Erich Maria Remarque
Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside. We have so much to say, and we shall never say it. This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those…
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Think of Plot as Set-up, Build-up, Pay-off – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Jan. 28, 2025
Plotting Your Book: Think of Plot as Set-up, Build-up, Pay-offOne way to think of a story’s plot is in three parts – the set-up, the build-up and the pay-off. What do those three parts involve? READ MORE 200+ Writing Prompts That Lead To StoriesYou’re stuck on what to write so check out some writing prompts to…
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Great Writing Quotes by Author Delphine de Vigan
People who think that grammar is just a collection of rules and restrictions are wrong. If you get to like it, grammar reveals the hidden meaning of history, hides disorder and abandonment, links things and brings opposites together. Grammar is a wonderful way of organizing the world how you’d like it to be. Grammar is…
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Your Protagonist Must Solve the Story’s Problem
Among the big mistakes novice writers make is they don’t allow their protagonist to solve the story’s central problem. A story always is structured around the main character overcoming some conflict that sets the tale in motion; this is the central problem. The bulk of the story focuses on how our hero attempts to resolve that…
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How to Form Your Story’s Basic Structure – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Jan. 21, 2025
Plotting Your Book: How to Form Your Story’s Basic StructureIn every story, something happens. These events form the structure of your tale. Plot, then, is the drama and action through which characters come to life. READ MORE Writing Tips: Overcome Writer’s Block and Self-DoubtSuffering from writer’s block? Self-doubt about your talent? Has creative writing lost its…
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Great Writing Quotes by Screenwriter Joss Whedon
I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of. You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are. People love a happy ending. So every episode, I…
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Plotting Your Story: Falling Action and Denouement
Though your story may have reached its climax, the tale isn’t over yet. The author also should briefly detail the effects that the climax has on the characters. This section of the story is known as the falling action. It’s what happens to the main character as he descends the mountain that he has spent the…
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Conflict – The Heart of Every Story – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Jan. 14, 2025
Plotting Your Book: Conflict – The Heart of Every Story A good plot is about at least one character under adversity. Conflict typically arises from the characters’ perceptions, needs and wants. As each character has an urgent personal agenda, your plot really is a synthesis of its individual characters’ efforts to achieve their agendas. READ MORE…
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Great Writing Quotes by Author Jacqueline Wilson
…children become readers before they can read. They become hooked on books because they were read aloud to as a child. I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and despair; I want to show them you can find a way out of it.…
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Common Plot Pitfalls to Avoid
New writers, usually due to a lack of writing experience or because they haven’t had their writing critiqued, often will make some journeyman mistakes when plotting their story. If you’re just writing for yourself, there’s nothing wrong with any of these errors; the pleasure of writing alone overrides the need to follow a writing “rule.”…
