Completing the rough draft of your manuscript is just the first step. The revision process is equally as important to the life of your story.
If the thought of taking a red pen to your writing is causing you to sweat, try one of these tips to rescue your manuscript from ending up in your trunk of unpublished stories.
- Creating Conflict: Without tension or conflict, your story has no fire
- Character Motivation: Motivate your characters with focused emotion
- Perfecting Pace: An off-kilter pace can throw off your readers
- Natural Story Flow: Smooth scene transitions create a natural flow to your story
The Bottom Line
The building blocks of every story must be put together in such a way to your story will be solid.
Identifying weak scenes and shoring them up with practical strategies that combat lazy motivations, missing conflict, and slows scenes, your manuscript will be more structurally solid.
Resources
Writer Brian Henry has a series of upcoming workshops throughout Toronto and the GTA for writers who would like to polish their story writing skills. Visit the links below or email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Exploring Creative Writing: 6 weeks of growth and discovery
Tuesday afternoons, 12:45 – 2:45 p.m.
July 6 – August 10
Unity Church, 375 Ridgeway Drive, Unit 8.
(In a business complex, just north off Dundas Street, east of Hwy 403, west of Winston Churchill)
In this course, we’ll explore different forms of creative writing and different techniques. We’ll try short story writing and memoir writing, travel writing, children’s writing and just for fun writing. The course will feature a combination of lecture and discussion, exercises and sharing - all designed to help you stretch yourself as a writer.
Fee: On July 1, the new 13% hst tax replaces the old 5% gst. This means that although my prices aren't going up, after July 1, you’ll need to pay more to the government.
Fee before July 1: $94.69 + gst = $99.42
After July 1: $94.69 + hst = $107
Advance registration only. Number of attendees strictly limited.
To reserve a spot now, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Share it & SUBSCRIBE to stay informed!
Comments