Know your characters' backstory to develop distinct voices. - Let their interests and perspective shape their dialogue and personalities.
volunteer_activism ADVICE
Push Through Doubt to Finish
Finish your story by pushing through doubt and negative feelings. - Keep working since many writers feel their drafts are awful but finish successfully.
insights INSIGHT
Reviving Act 2 Momentum
Act 2 should escalate conflict and deepen the plot trouble. - Introduce disasters at key points to avoid the second-act slump and keep readers engaged.
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While at CONduit, we recorded three episodes of Writing Excuses in front of an audience, and this is the first of those. In this episode we have Dan Willis join us as we take questions from the crowd. The four of us discuss voicing characters, naming things, writing Act II, and how you set about finishing your book. Oh, and for all of you who have complained that fifteen minutes is not long enough... we ran clear out to 17:30 on this one. Enjoy! Liner notes: You can find Dan Willis' website here: http://www.dansrealm.com/Dans_Realm/Home/Home.html Orson Scott Card's Essays on naming: http://www.hatrack.com/writingclass/lessons/2003-03-05-1.shtml and http://www.hatrack.com/writingclass/lessons/2003-03-05-2.shtml And this week, Writing Excuses is sponsored by The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn Mass Market Paperback by Brandon Sanderson.
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