Juliet Kincaid, Writer – Page 5

Mother’s Day Update from Juliet

May 10, 2020

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Hi, Everybody! Just wanted to touch base with you all today. In the last week or so, I’ve followed this advice somebody gave on the opinion page of the K. C. Star as a way to fight the anxiety and…

Tantrum on Time in the Age of COVID-19

Apr 25, 2020

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I gather from assorted newscasts that lots of people have lots of time on their hands as they shelter in place. So they’re bored and they take to drink or binge watch The Good Place on Netflix or obsessively play…

Novel Basics Card # 20

Apr 19, 2020

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Novel Basics Card # 20 The Cover Card The Cover Card asks the question, “What’s my novel’s name?” The wise organizers of NaNoWriMo say that those who have covers for their projects before they start drafting them are 60% more…

Novel Basics Cards # 18 & 19

Apr 18, 2020

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Novel Basics Card # 18 The Reader Card The Reader Card asks the question, “Who will read my novel?” By now, you probably have a fairly good idea of who will want to read your novel. For one thing, chances…

Novel Basics Card # 17

Apr 16, 2020

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Novel Basics Card # 17 The Genre Card The Genre Card asks the question, “What kind of a novel will I write?” Ordinarily, I don’t ascribe to the saying, “Write what you know” because when writers don’t know something they…

Novel Basics Card # 16

Apr 15, 2020

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Novel Basics Card # 16 The Subplot Card The subplot card asks the question, “What else happens in my novel?” The novel is a huge beast and needs a lot of plot to reach the minimum required 40,000 words that…

Novel Basics Cards # 14 & 15

Apr 14, 2020

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Card # 14, the First Set-up Scene Card asks the question, “What leads to Act 2 of my novel?” Near the end of Act 1 of your novel, after you’ve hooked your reader with the beginning scene and shown your…

Novel Basics Cards # 12 & 13

Apr 11, 2020

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Novel Basics: Card # 12 The Climax Card The Climax Scene Card asks the question, “What’s the high point of my novel’s plot?” Back when I taught Creative Writing at one of America’s top community colleges, often as I introduced…

Novel Basics: Cards # 10 and # 11

Apr 9, 2020

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Novel Basics: Card # 10 The First Scene Card (aka the Hook) The First Scene Card asks the question, “How will my novel start?” Entire books have been written on the importance of the start of your novel. I won’t…

Novel Basics: A Brief History of Plot

Apr 8, 2020

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Novel Basics: A Brief History of Plot Way back in 4th Century BCE, the Greek philosopher Aristotle gave the first guidelines to plot structure when he said that a tragedy needs three parts: beginning, middle, and end, later called…

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