Fix Your Story
How to Fix Holes in Your Stories
We can learn how to analyze our manuscript and fix any problem yourself. These fixes are not just for grammar and punctuation alone but fixing your entire story and story structure. Sure, a content editor will help you with that, but the editor would spend more of your money and scribble more red lines you could scribble yourself. Focus on these fixes and your story will come out much better.
“A plot hole is a gap or inconsistency in the story that creates a contradiction that can’t be reconciled by any explanation. Plot holes include illogical events and statements as well as events that contradict earlier events in the story. Plot holes are usually seen as flaws in a story and authors should avoid them to make their stories as realistic as possible. However, if you want to create suspension of disbelief (common in some genres like fantasy and horror among others) plot holes are more acceptable.” More…
Why Your Story Conflict Isn’t Working (And How to Fix It)
“Like many writers, I’ve spent countless hours creating conflict in my novels. I’ve thrown exciting obstacles in my protagonists paths, I’ve developed sinister antagonists to thwart my heroes, I’ve devised cruel ways to put my characters through mental anguish — and my beta readers still told me, “This book needs more conflict.”
Because despite what we “know” about conflict as writers, the concept isn’t so cut and dry. It’s not just about the obstacles in the path, or the bad guy with the evil plan, or the mental anguish of the hero. It’s not the plot or the character arc, even though we often talk about it like it is. It’s a tapestry woven from multiple aspects of writing that work together to create a feeling that victory will not come easily to the characters, and it leaves readers dying to know what the protagonist is going to do about it.” More…
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Don’t forget to edit your character’s story. Are you using the right words to describe them? More …
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