The Write Focus

It's a reboot of the 7 types of plot, with the simple key to developing your story and additional example stories. We also propose an exercise for the 7 plot types that will build story-crafting skills.

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Jack Portman had never forgotten Filly Malvaise, but they were worlds apart. Then she walked into his local pub and into the clutches of a loan shark. Can he help her escape?

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Jack and Filly were originally characters in M.A. Lee's Christmas with Death. This little mystery picks them up years later and throws them in the middle of blackmail.

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We have ONE GUIDING DECISION for our writing, and that's related to Plot. However, the preliminary Plot Decision is to determine which of the 7 types of plot we're writing. Everything else comes from that ... even if we're writing avant garde literary fiction. The decision we makes builds the foundation. Pt. 1 of ch.3 of Think like a Pro.

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On to ch2 of Think like a Pro and onto the importance of increments and consistence, in the power of daily writing: Nulla Dies Sine Linea.

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3 Sets of 7 for writing the novel success ... and setting your deadlines.

7 Important Characters

7 Necessary Scenes for Plot

7 Work Steps for any Writing Project

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How do we cope with writing deadlines? First, we admit that every job has deadlines. Everyone faces a deadline, even though it may not be called a deadline: trial start, season start, gallery showing, and more. We have 3 Tricks to Setting a Deadline along with the 10 Top Factors when starting any writing project.

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Converting from hobby writer to pro writer requires a changed mindset--which can be hard to achieve. Often, what we want does not become what we do until a crossroad appears on the horizon.

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How do we find names for our characters? What techniques can we use to discover the best titles for our books and our series?

We're running a little long this time as we try to crowd everything in to part 3 of the Naming series.

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https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2020/11/whats-in-name-part-3.html

Creatives apply 3 guiding tips when choosing a pen name, for pen names control our author brand.

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https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2020/11/whats-in-name-part-2.html 

What's in a Name? Does it matter how you pick a name--for your writing business, your writing self, your characters, your books and your series? Well, duh. Yes, it matters. While a rose by any other word would smell as sweet, Tybalt cared that Romeo was a Montague at a Capulet party. Names DO Matter.

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https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2020/11/whats-in-name-part-1.html