Second Plot Point

This is the last post in this series, so you only have to put up with this bit of review one last time. Here goes: In his book Story Engineering, Larry Brooks offers six core competencies involved in writing an excellent novel. Competency #4, Stru… Continue reading →

Second Pinch Point

In his book Story Engineering, Larry Brooks offers six core competencies involved in writing an excellent novel. Competency #4, Structure, has four parts: The Set-up, The Response, The Attack, and the Resolution. Within these four parts are some m… Continue reading →

Midpoint

In his book Story Engineering, Larry Brooks offers six core competencies involved in writing an excellent novel. Competency #4, Structure, has four parts: The Set-up, The Response, The Attack, and the Resolution. Within these four parts are some m… Continue reading →

First Pinch Point

In his book Story Engineering, Larry Brooks offers six core competencies involved in writing an excellent novel. Competency Four, Structure, has four parts: The Set-up, The Response, The Attack, and the Resolution. Within these four parts are some… Continue reading →

The First Plot Point Cont.

In his book Story Engineering, Larry Brooks offers six core competencies involved in writing an excellent novel. Competency Four, Structure, has four parts: The Set-up, The Response, The Attack, and the Resolution. Within these four parts are some… Continue reading →

The First Plot Point

In his book Story Engineering, Larry Brooks offers six core competencies involved in writing an excellent novel. I’ve covered all six competencies in the past month or so, but I want to dig further in Structure, the fourth competency. I’ve mention… Continue reading →

Structure Part 4: The Resolution

I’m digging through the book Story Engineering, by Larry Brooks and giving you the important bits. He offers six core competencies of a great story. I’m still working on the fourth core competency, Structure. Structure has four parts. I’ve already… Continue reading →

Structure Part 3: The Attack

I’m sifting through the book Story Engineering, by Larry Brooks and giving you the best stuff. He offers six core competencies of a great story. I’m still working on the fourth core competency, Structure. Structure has four parts. I’ve already cov… Continue reading →

Structure Part 2: The Response

I’m picking through the book Story Engineering, by Larry Brooks and giving you the good stuff. He offers six core competencies of a great story. I’m still working on the fourth core competency, Structure. Structure has four parts. In my last post,… Continue reading →

Structure Part 1: Setup

I’m knee deep in a discussion of the book Story Engineering, by Larry Brooks. He offers six core competencies of a great story. I’m still working on the fourth one, Structure. In my last post, I defined structure and offered the four parts. Today … Continue reading →