tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post3417298861543245890..comments2023-11-03T04:49:04.527-07:00Comments on The Anti-Wife: Lesson 5 – Plot - Part 1The Anti-Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027321787352577548noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-16834395043450846352008-03-22T04:39:00.000-07:002008-03-22T04:39:00.000-07:00This really is helpful, and I find myself reading ...This really is helpful, and I find myself reading and rereading your posts. <BR/><BR/>I was lucky enough to win a literary critique in a novel writing competition last year, and I got the advice you give here -- that anything that doesn't forward the narrative or contribute to its development, doesn't make the grade and should be trimmed out. I just need to be reminded of this as often as possible!Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-36603122051268276582008-03-21T20:02:00.000-07:002008-03-21T20:02:00.000-07:00Great information, AW, thanks for sharing... now l...Great information, AW, thanks for sharing... now let's see if I can answer all of those questions...Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-9598864510058204412008-03-21T11:46:00.000-07:002008-03-21T11:46:00.000-07:00This is very, very informative!Thanks for pulling ...This is very, very informative!<BR/>Thanks for pulling all these elements together.<BR/>I need to read more about internal conflict. A critique group member is writing a story where the tension is based on this. I want to know more so I can review it better.<BR/>I learned a lot from this post. Thanks AW!!Chris Eldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794946908789120139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-56085102640326028372008-03-20T21:27:00.000-07:002008-03-20T21:27:00.000-07:00Ooh, this is very helpful! The purposes of each s...Ooh, this is very helpful! The purposes of each scene especially. I'm printing it out to use as I polish my wip. Thanks!Carleen Bricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433203126527081458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-84178473067422841412008-03-20T19:17:00.000-07:002008-03-20T19:17:00.000-07:00The rigor of short story writing requires that sce...The rigor of short story writing requires that scenes stand on (stolen from some other writer) a three-legged stool: Plot, Character, Setting. Plot would include suspense and furthering the action, character, and setting. In good stories I find theme to be intrinsic to all three. That's not to say the writer isn't thinking of it, just that s/he shows it through the other means. <BR/><BR/>Good run-down, AW!ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.com