Posts by JonStonecash
In terms of the story, it should not matter. You might start with characters that you want to write about. And then figure out a plot to causes these characters to interact with each other. And t...
This is a difficult question to answer. In my mind, it depends upon your goals in writing the story. In technical terms (if one studies the craft books on writing), it depends upon the genre of the...
The real question is what do you want to accomplish by writing. If it is to make money or gain fame or impress the neighborhood, then you would likely write to engage one or more target audiences. ...
I, and all of the others who might answer this question, are flying blind without knowing all of the details. Oh, well, I probably would be confused anyway. I too struggle with the show-rather-tha...
A metaphor: at the top of the mountain is a well-reasoned exposition of the events of the story along with the reactions of those entities occupying the story; by well reasoned, I mean that the eve...
As an observation, sentences are typically embedded in paragraphs. If there is an (potential) ambiguity, I might add a reaction sentence to the paragraph, such as, "The sister, Mary, sputtered in s...
Break the chapter into three scenes. Each scene has a POV character. First and last scenes have one POV character. Middle scene has the other POV character. Since the scenes in the chapter will dif...
