Writing Plot Tip #3
Writing tip all about plot and stakes & tension. Got arc?
Writing Plot Tip #2
In this 4 1/2-minute video, Alida describes the relationship between story structure and plot. How can understanding structure help you craft your story’s plot? Learn all about Plot: You Are the Master of Your Story. What are your biggest questions...Writing Plot Tip #1
In this 3-minute video, Alida talks about what plot is and one thing you can – um…should – do at the beginning of your plot’s development to smooth the road ahead. You know, that road of rising action that excites the reader all the way to the...Crescendo!
I explain the importance of the crescendo in your story’s structure. Whether writing an action scene or an emotion-driven one, you need to make sure the movement rises…and...Setting: a Writing Exercise
Alida is on location in Boulder, Colorado with a writing exercise to help you work on setting and develop your narrative voice. Please share your experience of the exercise, or even some of your freewriting, in the comments below. ...Should You Give that Dirty No Good Character a POV?
This week, in honor of launching my new course, Scary Monsters & Super Creeps, I discuss whether or not you should give your monster or monstrous human character a POV. I discuss a pertinent example from the classic Frankenstein. Don’t miss this just...I'm Alida
I help people express their gifts to the world.
I do not believe in formulas. I believe that the stories we are compelled to tell the world make demands on us, and it is our privilege to meet those demands in order to reach the most people in the most authentic and compelling way possible.
