by Michelle | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Coursera, Studying, The Craft of Plot, Writing Assignments
Week two was all about story structure. It discussed Aristotle’s three-act structure (that of a beginning, middle and end) and Horace’s five-act structure, which was further explained as: A: Action B: Background D: Development C: Climax E: Ending[divider]...
by C.R.Michaels | Jul 3, 2015 | Writing
In November 2009 I discovered Nanowrimo – a worldwide writing challenge with one goal – write a complete novel with a minimum of 50,000 words, and so I did. I signed up, I wrote solidly for thirty days, and I completed my novel. I even did a little editing before...