Author Archives: Kelly Smith

Another part of developing a novel structure is planning the locations. Just like with a movie, the “set” makes a difference. Where do your characters live? What kind of place is it (urban, suburb, rural?) If it’s a city, is … Continue reading →

Now that I have a rough plot nailed down, I need to think about my characters. Sometimes they come first for me, before any story, but this time they are still vague. Last week I jotted a few notes about … Continue reading →

After the basic plotting steps I talked about part 1 and part 2, it’s time to start elaborating on the bare bones scene descriptions. To do this, I took each scene listed in part 2 and jotted a sentence or … Continue reading →

Last weekend I asked how you dream up a plot. I’m still waiting for a response from anyone… Despite your lack of comments, I thought I’d post part two of my plotting series. NaNo starts in – ack – 13 … Continue reading →