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How to Write a Fantasy Novel
The other calls worldbuilding a disease of the genre and tells you real writers just write. Both are describing symptoms.
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Novel Revision and Manuscript Analysis…
Revision tools show checks, measurements and feedback; the writer chooses and performs manuscript changes. 04Can I restore the draft from before a revision?
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Observation 32
A harmless overheard shape: Observation…
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CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Track character arcs
Character arcs: want, need, and the lie
It is also, by now, more or less the only thing anyone teaches about character, so most writers reach their second draft with a completed chart and no way of checking whether what's on it made it into the book.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Dialogue and subtext
How to fix on-the-nose dialogue
A weaker writer cuts those, because nothing happens in them. They are the load-bearing lines of the story.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Beginnings 15
An opening with a deadline: Story openings…
10-minute story openings and endings exercise. Start a story with someone trying to complete a small job before a visitor arrives.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Description 12
The important mess: Descriptive writing…
10-minute descriptive writing exercise. Describe a messy desk without using messy or untidy.
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The decision at the centre: Plot development…
10-minute plot development exercise. Write a one-sentence decision that divides your story into a before and an after.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Revision 02
Say it once: Revision Exercise
10-minute revision exercise. Find a moment explained in both action and commentary.
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An offer expires: Tension and suspense…
10-minute tension and suspense exercise. Write a character considering an attractive offer while the person making it begins to withdraw it.