The Crafts of Play and Fiction Writing, Jerry Dunne https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Playwriting Pace and scene placement order Pace and scene setting Give child readers what they want to read; not what you want them to read Are your core values similar to your childhood ones? A writer’s pennies from heaven The plan: a bird’s-eye view (for fiction) The story’s 3-act plot arc structure Inspiration from inside an empty matchbox The scene’s plot arc structure The play’s 3-act plot arc structure Who decides what makes a great children’s story? Where do you get your ideas for your stories? Let’s take a look at a story beginning! Fiction Writing What makes Roald Dahl such a successful children’s writer? What makes J K Rowling’s Harry Potter so successful? About Me The emotional investment behind writing fiction A philosophical approach to the slog of draft writing those early novels My Books The creative writer in a state of idleness Those forgotten great ideas The struggle to finish that first novel Who best to critique your work? Proofreading your own fiction Tolkien’s the Hobbit shows what is meant by original fiction Why write psychological crime? Women protagonists/antagonists in the psychological crime story Improving the character interview technique used by fiction writers A few thoughts on the inspiration behind character development Research and the fiction writer Types of research material for the fiction writer Part 1: Why the study of history is relevant for the fantasy writer Part 2: Why the study of history is relevant for the fantasy writer: creating a blueprint from the historical drama. How to develop an original fantasy idea How to write a modern fable for the adult reader How to develop credible and insightful short story ideas from a fable How to create a saying How to develop original short story ideas from a saying The storytelling elements of the short story and the shorter play have much in common. So how might this be an advantage for the writer? Intellectual versus emotional inspiration in the creative writing process The trickiness of writing the children’s short story (for the middle reader) Sparking up character for the short story From stereotype to rounded character with speed and ease Exercises for sparking up character for the short story Emotion and the story’s plot arc Well-structured dialogue for the story The short story’s storytelling elements Home