What is a treatment? 19 comments
A treatment is a full exploration of a story in the form of a detailed story summary. It’s like a preliminary short story version of […]
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How to tell a good story 2 comments
It happened one Christmas Eve a long time ago in a place called Oakland on a newspaper called the Tribune with a city editor named […]
Which character echoes the "soul" of the setting?
The relationship between character and location in narrative fiction fascinates me. I find that exploring the connection between characters and their location yields incredible story […]
3 Ways Writers Can Use Google's Language Tool
The Google Ngram Viewer is one of my all-time favourite secret-weapon writing tools. It’s a free tool from Google that can show you when a […]
John Sayles: Location, location, location 6 comments
Location, location, location. Where the scene is shot is a huge part of the story – telling information on the screen, at times more like […]
Can you write a story without a sense of place? 1 comment
Do all stories need a sense of place? The short answer is “no”. (There’s rarely a condition that applies to all stories, except perhaps the […]
How to Turbocharge Your Rewriting 5 comments
Take your [favorite] thing you’ve written. Look at the first draft. List every change that turned A into B. Make that your rewrite checklist. — […]
David Hare: How to make your scenes feel more real 3 comments
Image: Ralph Richardson and Michèle Morgan as Baines and Julie in ‘The Fallen Idol’ (1948) What is “verisimilitude”? Verisimilitude means “seeming real or life-like”; it […]
