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Some links for you
Two on writing:
Dan Wells on Story Structure. I'm not much of a video watcher, unless they're short and adorable or hilarious (and educational) things to watch with my fiancé, but this one was worth it. Dan Wells articulates a simple but robust seven-point structure for fiction that can apply to both main plots and subplots, as well as any kind of fiction. You may want to have paper and pen available; I'm glad I took notes. Also, the examples are awesome--he uses The Matrix and Star Wars like any good story-structure-lecturer, but also demonstrates each point when first going through the list with Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, and later uses Othello, Pride & Prejudice, and "The Tell-Tale Heart" to demonstrate how the structure can apply to any genre. (Apparently he was going to do a Sherlock Holmes story too, but cut it for length.) The only drawbacks to the videos is there's a longish introduction to the first one, and all of them have music covering the beginning and ending; however, the cuts are such that each video overlaps a little with the one before, so you shouldn't miss any information. Unfortunately, I'm not finding a transcript, but this post appears to explain the system in brief.
And here's a blog post about subplots that I found really interesting.
One on Fringe:
Let Us Discuss How Great Fringe's Olivia Dunham Is. Seriously, do you watch Fringe? If you do, read this article for lots of smiling and nodding agreement. If you don't, watch it to learn why you really, really should.
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Dan Wells on Story Structure. I'm not much of a video watcher, unless they're short and adorable or hilarious (and educational) things to watch with my fiancé, but this one was worth it. Dan Wells articulates a simple but robust seven-point structure for fiction that can apply to both main plots and subplots, as well as any kind of fiction. You may want to have paper and pen available; I'm glad I took notes. Also, the examples are awesome--he uses The Matrix and Star Wars like any good story-structure-lecturer, but also demonstrates each point when first going through the list with Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, and later uses Othello, Pride & Prejudice, and "The Tell-Tale Heart" to demonstrate how the structure can apply to any genre. (Apparently he was going to do a Sherlock Holmes story too, but cut it for length.) The only drawbacks to the videos is there's a longish introduction to the first one, and all of them have music covering the beginning and ending; however, the cuts are such that each video overlaps a little with the one before, so you shouldn't miss any information. Unfortunately, I'm not finding a transcript, but this post appears to explain the system in brief.
And here's a blog post about subplots that I found really interesting.
One on Fringe:
Let Us Discuss How Great Fringe's Olivia Dunham Is. Seriously, do you watch Fringe? If you do, read this article for lots of smiling and nodding agreement. If you don't, watch it to learn why you really, really should.
And one signal boost:
aldersprig is doing her next Giraffe call for prompts on Saturday, and wants to know what you'd like to receive as perks for comments, linkbacks, and donations.