Follow my journey in writing a fiction novel of adventure and education for middle grade readers. I post helpful tips & encouragement for fellow writers.
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Apr 13
30 Plot Devices
Let's spring into plot devices.
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#plotdevices #plot #creativewriting #writing
ALT Watercolor of a coil with digital words added "Plot Devices" and "richardswrites.com" and the logo of an R with a Pen.
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Apr 13
: Extraordinary :
Prophesies. Prophesies drive action by self-fulfillment or going against it.
Artifact of Doom. A corrupting object.
Artifact of Affinity. An object of attraction.
Dreams. A dream within a story.
It was all a Dream. An easy out seen as a trope.
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Apr 13
: Extraordinary : (continued)
Voiceover or Narration. When the narrator is active and causing reaction.
Trading Places. Be my cat for a day. Live. Leap. Lounge.
Spacetime Portal. New realm.
#plotdevices #creativewriting #thread #writing
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Apr 10
::: Drops :::
Pats to my brain bumps
Ping daydreams of calm quiet
Free from reason & rhyme to
Relax from thought, and
Sing just for me.
- @jarwrites
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Flower Framework
From: Setting, characters. Roots
Lesson: growth, message, arch. Stem
Opposition: In way of dramatic goal. Petals
W: Reward. Stamen
Energy: plot devices, effort, vibe. Color
Reactions: New world. Frame
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ALT watercolor of a soft pink flower similar to a wood sorrel with five petals and a tooth-lobed leaf.
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Writing prompt: I’ve had this bulb for so long, I thought it was a dud. Funny thing for it to sprout now with its green-tipped nub sniffing for light from a cracked cocoon. I found it on the side of the ditch and have no idea what it is.
#writingprompt #Creatives #writing
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Add notes from your seedbank to the flower Framework & paint your story flower!
From = roots
Lesson = stem
Opposition = petals
W = stamen
Energy = color
Reactions = background & frame
#story #storyflower #flowerframework #writing
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Writing Prompt:
Splinters of boat surfed the waves to shore. Hope of returning tonight ebbed as panic flowed in.
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ALT Watercolor of a sunset over water. It's one of my early watercolors, so you're not missing much.
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For the Plot!
Who among us hasn’t made a decision that changed our life’s trajectory because it seemed like an interesting choice?
Just me? Good thing I’m not here to give life advice. I am here for plot and narrative structure, however; and I brought receipts.
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Grammar correction. The semi colon comes before however, not after. I do know that; however, I made a mistake.
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Narrative structure is how we formulate and relay plot events to the reader.
"PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION." — Aristotle
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By definition, Plot means to mark a map for wayfinding, to locate a curve by plotted points, to contrive revenge, to secretly plan misdeeds, to invent a storyline, and commonly, the main interrelated sequence of events.
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ALT Image of circle with the hero's journey mapped out. Ordinary world, call to action, mentor, threshold, road of trials, death & resurrection, boon, road back, and application of the boon (treasures).
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