Tag: manuscript
How to Write a Character Sketch
The editors at Scribendi outline the key components involved in writing a character sketch.
How to Write a Plot
A straight path is rarely interesting. Twists and turns that increase the sense of struggle provide an opportunity for the readers to build stronger emotional bonds with the character and build suspense.
How to Write a Plot Outline
There are many names for a plot outline; one of our favorites is the plot skeleton. Whatever you refer to it as, the plot outline is what will hold up your story if you know how to use it—or cause it to collapse if you don't.
Plot Podcast: Golden Rules for a Good Plot
If you are having trouble creating a good plot, take the time to listen to this podcast. The five golden rules discussed, such as creating a plot skeleton, will help you organize your story ideas into a successful design.
Plot Resolution: Bringing Your Plot to a Good Resolution
If you already have a plot outline and are in the process of writing your story, you need to consider how you are planning on ending your novel. Remember our mantra: a plot is a complication followed by a plot resolution.
Plot Structures for Books in a Series
When writing a book series, it is important to keep plot structures in mind; each book must have its own plot, a plot which is concluded within its own pages.
Prewriting: Having Trouble Putting Words on the Page?
What is prewriting, you ask? It is simply the first stage of writing and generally includes planning, mapping, research, outlining, storyboarding, and so on. Basically, prewriting is everything that happens before you start “putting words on the page."
Scribendi Sponsors Creative Writing Event NaNoWriMo
During this year's National Novel Writing Month, Scribendi will be helping aspiring authors by sponsoring NaNoWriMo.
