Moday Resources XIV

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hello my fellow writers!
i hope the mojo is high and the muses are busy with drowning you in awesome words?
*fingers crossed words come easily*
i have some new resources for you- lets hope i have something you might need:

• Story Structure Basics- 13 Major Beats is a very interesting read that shows how you can make emotional rollercoasters starting with an outline and what to think about- this might be handy for plotters but it is also useful for ppl like me- who are not plotters but note-takers on the way - as it shows us where we might be in the story and what we have to include. i personally found it a very interesting read, and i do endorse you to check out some of the stuff he names but also the site itself, it is a good read IF you are interested in the methodical site of writing.



• 7 Tools For Pacing A Novel & Keeping Your Story Moving At The Right Pace might be what we all need to read (if we feel insecure about pacing). so thanks to ravenclawsquill for pointing that out to me. Pacing your Story is a tl;dr version if you just want a quick overview. what both fail to mention in my opinion is that some stories need to be slow- when not much is happening but the character is laid bare for the reader to analyse there is no need to do it fast - umberto eco comes to mind here and he did a fantastic job with slow pacing stories



• Pucker Up: Writing the Kiss That Makes Readers Melt is a very fascinating read, and i think just the right kind of inspiration that we might need for all the christmas stories we are writing at the moment - and for those already writing awesome kissing-schemes: any more comments that might help us struggling with it?

good luck with words and progress!!!
and remember: all words are good words!



do you want more tips on one certain topic that i so far completely ignored? (i am posting here what catches my fancy in hope to motivate you to get words down- so if you have something you need to know or read or be motivated on, let me know and i shall dig around the net trying to find something for you)
do you have a tip you want to share, but are thinking: "meh"- just pm me or write me a mail smirkingcat[at] yandex. com and i shall check it out and include it in a future post [with your name or without it]