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Revisiting the Trunk
Books get “trunked”–I always imagine that as put away in an invisible steam trunk, one that will be shipped back and forth across oceans without ever being opened–for many, many reasons. In my case,...
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The Midpoint
In my last post I talked about structure (here) and shared one of the many plot charts I use while working on a book. And yes, I said “many plot charts” because there are several different approaches...
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The Dark Night of the Soul
In my last few posts I’ve been talking about structure (here on overall structure, here on the midpoint). Today I want to focus on the plot point often referred to as the “Dark Night of the Soul.”...
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John Hornor Jacobs: A Few Thoughts on Plotting
In my last post I talked about how it’s character that makes each story unique, not plot, and ran over some of the history of human endeavor trying to codify story-forms and my personal creed of...
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Committing Series: Writing The Walker Papers
Hello, Magical Words! It’s been a long time since I’ve visited, but I’m delighted to be back for the month of July! For those of you who have come to these halls since my time, I’m CE Murphy, author...
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