StorySeeker

Inciting and Key Events

The Inciting Event sets the story in motion. For example, Bingley’s and Darcy’s arrival at Netherfield in Pride and Prejudice.

The Key Event is what the story is about. For example, when Lizzy meets, and is rejected by, Darcy.

These are two events that the first fourth of the story hinges around. Sometimes they will…[Read more]

How did your goals go last week? What goals do you have for this week?

I finished NaNo! This week, I need to do my first edit of my novella.

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We are going to take a short break from our theme and talk about a topic that has probably hit us all. Procrastination. It’s a nasty little dragon that often grows ginormous at the most inconvenient times. For instance, the last week of NaNoWriMo. It will bring in other things such as a new shelf that needs a place in the living room which…[Read more]

How did your goals go last week? What do you have for goals this week?

I personally did terrible. I don’t even really want to know how many words I wrote last week, because I basically wrote 0 from Thursday on. Including today. Instead, I organized my whole living room today which is why these posts are so late. So yeah, you have a…[Read more]

How did your goals go last week? What are they for this week?

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To be honest with you, this is one area I have been extremely weak in. I’ve always had a hard time describing settings. I write historical fiction, so that’s part of it because I have to try to figure out what the setting even looks like. So I usually do the lazy thing and don’t describe it at all. Then I read Structuring Your Novel by K.M. Weila…[Read more]

Hi, Guys!  So I am helping a friend of mine edit a short story.  But the problem is, I don’t really know how to help edit.  I mean, I think I know the basics, but I don’t want to critique too much.  Any tips?

-Kylie

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Character introductions are very important in a book. What kinds of things do we need to remember when we are working on the beginning of our WIPs? K.M. Weiland has a few in her book, Structuring Your Novel that I’m going to share with you today.

• Compile all necessary components of your story in the first act. Anything that is mentioned later…

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