Comments on Dawn's Rise: Scene Structure Part III – Characters

Thanks folks! Hope it helps! @DH: I'm going t...

2010-02-16T21:40:32.957-08:00

Thanks folks! Hope it helps!

@DH: I'm going to end this series (at some point) with a checklist people can use to evaluate the strength of a given scene, even when critiquing others. The main takeaway of this post is that every scene should have at least one motivated character.

I try to have a specific scene goal in mind when I...

2010-02-16T21:27:27.616-08:00

I try to have a specific scene goal in mind when I'm revising. Not so much when I'm writing. My characters are usually engaged in something - if only internally - and a point, at least is made.

Since my novel is highly emotional, I try to "show" the goals through emotion; some narrative, some action, but I think my best writing strength is in dialogue. Hard to do when only the MC is in the scene. I hope I'm succeeding anyway.

These are all good points to remember. Lately I haven't been working on my own stuff, but I think I could use this to help with my critiques. And when I am writing on my novels, I often come here for writing advice and encouragement. Thanks for these postings.

.........dhole

This has become a very good resource for me. I nee...

2010-02-16T10:23:50.979-08:00

This has become a very good resource for me. I need to start attending the meetup again. I have to start working on my Nano WIP

As always, you make me think way more about the pr...

2010-02-16T06:55:22.825-08:00

As always, you make me think way more about the process of writing than I ever want to. You have been good for my writing career!

Great stuff Andrew - thanks for sharing ;o)

2010-02-15T20:46:44.028-08:00

Great stuff Andrew - thanks for sharing ;o)

Thanks for the pointers (nice tree!). I don't ...

2010-02-15T14:05:53.156-08:00

Thanks for the pointers (nice tree!). I don't remember who said it, but they said if the character sticks her gum under the mantle at the beginning of the book, then that gum better make another appearance later on.

Great pointers, these are really good to keep in m...

2010-02-15T11:00:51.055-08:00

Great pointers, these are really good to keep in mind, especially as I start my next novel.

ann