Writing Great Fiction
z The surprise ending is a fairly simple kind of withholding; yet another kind is the creation of suspense. In a story that inv ...
Lecture 11: Adding Complexity to Plots right at the start, which has the effect of intriguing us, making us want to know exactly ...
z Flashbacks, of course, are much more common. Many detective stories HPSOR\ÀDVKEDFNVEXWWKH\FDQDOVREHXVHGWRJUHDWHIIH ...
Lecture 11: Adding Complexity to Plots o Chekhov’s rule about the pistol is also an implicit reminder that a plot is not like re ...
o The opening chapter of Nostromo is a masterpiece of exposition, consisting mainly of a long, evocative description RIWKLV¿FW ...
Lecture 12: Structuring a Narrative without a Plot Structuring a Narrative without a Plot ...................................... ...
glimpse of a more exciting life, but his only response is in his lonely imagination, and he does nothing about it. z The genius ...
Lecture 12: Structuring a Narrative without a Plot song to her, and he probably died because he stood in the rain, waiting outsi ...
z Think back to the distinction E. M. Forster made between a story and plot: that a story tells us what happened, but a plot te ...
Lecture 12: Structuring a Narrative without a Plot z There are only a few conventionally dramatic moments in Mrs. 'DOORZD\, inc ...
trying to write a story or a book with an unconventional technique can make you a more observant, subtle, and engaged writer, ev ...
Lecture 13: In the Beginning—How to Start a Plot In the Beginning—How to Start a Plot .......................................... ...
can also be a convenient way to at least get a plot started, even if you plan to change it later on. o And sometimes writers bor ...
Lecture 13: In the Beginning—How to Start a Plot is probably more time-consuming and frustrating than sticking to an outline, bu ...
Limiting Choices z Another way to approach the start of a plot is to limit your choices. $VZH¶YHPHQWLRQHGUHDOOLIHÀRZVFHD ...
Lecture 13: In the Beginning—How to Start a Plot unspoken “once upon a time” at the start of the sentence. As brief and to the p ...
worth reading and makes the writing of it simultaneously frustrating and rewarding. Faulkner, 7KH6RXQGDQGWKH)XU. Gardner, 7K ...
Lecture 14: Happily Ever After—How to End a Plot Happily Ever After—How to End a Plot .......................................... ...
in the attic. At the end of the novel, after a series of plot twists, Jane happily marries Mr. Rochester. o Most readers accept ...
Lecture 14: Happily Ever After—How to End a Plot z Plots with binary endings are often dismissed as mechanical and contrived, a ...
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