Comments on: A story in three acts http://jordanmccollum.com/2009/09/story-acts/ mysteries to fall in love with, romance to keep you in suspense Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jordan http://jordanmccollum.com/2009/09/story-acts/#comment-4821 Jordan Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:45:22 +0000 http://jordanmccollum.com/?p=1343#comment-4821 Awesome! Good luck! Awesome! Good luck!

]]> By: William Anselmo http://jordanmccollum.com/2009/09/story-acts/#comment-4804 William Anselmo Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:35:37 +0000 http://jordanmccollum.com/?p=1343#comment-4804 Jordan, I just want to say thank you for writing this article. I am an amature writer with no formal training.I have begun a novel and after reading through this article you've saved me from waiting on inspiration to finish my first draft. It also seems you've also created more work for me in the process. Thank you again, William Jordan,
I just want to say thank you for writing this article. I am an amature writer with no formal training.I have begun a novel and after reading through this article you’ve saved me from waiting on inspiration to finish my first draft. It also seems you’ve also created more work for me in the process.
Thank you again,
William

]]> By: Jordan http://jordanmccollum.com/2009/09/story-acts/#comment-729 Jordan Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:39:34 +0000 http://jordanmccollum.com/?p=1343#comment-729 Actually, Michelle, we're going to cover both of those plotting methods as well. Thanks for sharing! Actually, Michelle, we’re going to cover both of those plotting methods as well. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: michelle http://jordanmccollum.com/2009/09/story-acts/#comment-728 michelle Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:30:02 +0000 http://jordanmccollum.com/?p=1343#comment-728 Jordan, I think the idea that a writer should think a little like a screenwriter is a good thing. The "act" idea seems to be a good structure for writing a good story. There is an idea called the Hero's Journey and while it leaves alot to be desired about structure it has some awesome ideas in regards to character arc. You can find a post about it here. http://writingonthewallblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/plotting-with-mythic-structure.html In regards to Story Structure I have found something so personally amazing that I am gushing about it. It's called Story Structure and it's on storyfix.com by Larry Brooks. He also aproaches a story like a screen play with the story having four parts and certain places for certain scenes. I have re-read the posts over and over and have had amazing insights about my MS. I would definately go check it out it's amazing. You can find it here: http://storyfix.com/category/story-structure-series Personmally I use both together, the structure for where things need to go and the Hero's Journey for events to increase the character depth. You can see my blog post here: http://cmichellejefferies.blogspot.com/2009/09/editing.html I hope people go take a lok at it. I think it's wonderful. http://cmichellejefferies.blogspot.com/2009/09/editing.html Jordan,
I think the idea that a writer should think a little like a screenwriter is a good thing. The “act” idea seems to be a good structure for writing a good story. There is an idea called the Hero’s Journey and while it leaves alot to be desired about structure it has some awesome ideas in regards to character arc. You can find a post about it here. http://writingonthewallblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/plotting-with-mythic-structure.html

In regards to Story Structure I have found something so personally amazing that I am gushing about it. It’s called Story Structure and it’s on storyfix.com by Larry Brooks. He also aproaches a story like a screen play with the story having four parts and certain places for certain scenes. I have re-read the posts over and over and have had amazing insights about my MS. I would definately go check it out it’s amazing. You can find it here: http://storyfix.com/category/story-structure-series

Personmally I use both together, the structure for where things need to go and the Hero’s Journey for events to increase the character depth. You can see my blog post here: http://cmichellejefferies.blogspot.com/2009/09/editing.html

I hope people go take a lok at it. I think it’s wonderful.

http://cmichellejefferies.blogspot.com/2009/09/editing.html

]]> By: Trisha Puddle http://jordanmccollum.com/2009/09/story-acts/#comment-720 Trisha Puddle Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:21:15 +0000 http://jordanmccollum.com/?p=1343#comment-720 Great! Thanks, Jordan.:) Great! Thanks, Jordan.:)

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