Okay, I’ve thought for a month, and I can’t think of any other subject this project should address. I’m sure there’s a lot of stuff I’d change if I did this again, or if I ever get around to rewriting it…but like all writing projects, there comes a time when you have to say, “Enough,” and move on to the next thing.
So, “Enough.” Almost.
Just to have everything summarized neatly, I’m going to end with an index of all the postings in the series. That will make life easier for anyone who wants to read the whole shebang (and will also make it easier for me to find if I need to do so in future).
Here we go.
- Introducing the Project
- Vocabulary
- Learning to Love Grammar
- Punctuation and Its Discontents
- Reading Voraciously
- Reading Judiciously
- Reading Analytically
- Viewpoint and Story Experience
- Viewpoint Selectivity
- Avoiding Viewpoint Mistakes
- The Raconteur Viewpoint
- Plot Units
- Starting to Plot
- Plot Flow
- Scene Design
- Scene Beginnings and Endings
- Writing Descriptive Passages
- Word Choice and Wordspace
- Fight Scene Basics
- Fight Scene Pacing
- Dialogue Preliminaries
- Dialogue Purpose
- Dialogue Attribution
- Characterization Skills and Sources
- Characterization Tools
- Characterization Motivation
- Theme
- Symbolism Preliminaries
- Imagery
- World-Building Preliminaries
- World-Building Specifics
- Exposition Preliminaries
- Exposition Execution
- Cause and Effect
- Research
- Discipline
- Comedy
- Money Handling
- SF Conventions
- Professionalism
- Diction
- Rewriting
- Comfort in Your Own Skin
That’s it. Thanks to everyone who read as I went along, and thanks to all those who submitted comments.
Now, on to the next thing.
