Yesterday we talked about the difference between a scene and a sequel. Today, let’s briefly touch on what to accentuate in a scene, regardless of what kind it is. (And from now on, I’ll be using the word Scene to refer to both kinds of scenes!) When my daughter Sarah was younger, she had long beautiful blonde hair. The Russians had this cool technique where they would tie a ribbon at the top of a braid, and weave it through the hair, and tie a huge bow at the end. I loved to do this to Sarah’s hair, seeing the blue or green or red ribbon threading through her hair. Writing a story is like Braiding Hair: Ideally, your plot will have many different threads – an action thread, with […]
Read the RestArchive | April, 2008
