How do I keep the reader engaged in the middle of the story? How do I write the middle?
- First Write the START and the END
- Build Up To a BIG EVENT — the Middle of the Middle — Then Ride the Ride to the End
- Design 3 GREAT SCENES (and No Bad Scenes)
- Load...
Napoleon, a survivor from the Mutiny of the Bounty, and a demonic killer in the cobblestoned streets of Toulon, 1793.
This is Part 7 of the story.
If you haven't read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 , Part 5 or Part 6 ...
How do I captivate the reader by writing a great beginning? How do I start a story?
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Know the end - it will help you pick the best way to start.
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Zoom Out to decide which type of beginning the story needs. There are 7 types of story beginnings to hold the reader CAPTIVE:
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Napoleon, a survivor from the Mutiny of the Bounty, and a demonic killer in the cobblestoned streets of Toulon, 1793.
This is Part 6 of the story.
If you haven't read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 , or Part 5 yet, please start...
How do I “stick the landing” and write a great ending to a story?
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Start with the end - then you know where the story is going
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Zoom Out to decide which type of ending the story needs. There are 6 types of story endings:
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RESOLVED - tie everything up...
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"Sweetie, look, this was just delivered. It's from ...," my wife reads the card while unboxing the birthday present, peeling off red gift wrapping, "... your Aunt Salomé."
"That's nice — wait, Aunt Salomé? But — "
The red gift wrapping blooms...
The short story "Valentine" was written in the "Pantser" method, one of the 3 ways to develop an idea into a story. That is: by the seat of my pants, using no outline, making it up as I went along.
Of course, there are **spoilers**, so if you haven't read the story yet,...
The flash fiction story "Kill The Messenger" was written in the "Pantser" method, one of the 3 ways to develop an idea into a story. That is: by the seat of my pants, using no outline, making it up as I went along.
Of course, there are **spoilers**, so if you haven't...
The flash fiction story “The Monsters” was written in the “Character” method, one of the 3 ways to develop an idea into a story. That is: taking a character through a transformation.
Of course, there are spoilers, so if you haven’t read...
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Edinburgh
“I’ll gie ye a skelpit lug!”
His father followed through on his promise, landing a slap on Brod’s ear so hard it made the inside of the young boy’s head ring like a great bell.
Brod began keening, tears running down his...
Gunshots, then a loud crash, then the doors to the casino flew open, a man ran out, gun in hand, three men in pursuit, then more gunshots, the man crumbling into a shivering heap on the wet pavement under the yellow streetlight, rain mixing with dark blood, then the heap stopped...
Napoleon, a survivor from the Mutiny of the Bounty, and a demonic killer in the cobblestoned streets of Toulon, 1793.
This is Part 5 of the story.
If you haven't read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, or Part 4 yet, please start there.
