Tag Archive | narrative arc

Refining Dialogue

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
In the midst of plotting, pondering, and (alternate?) world building, actual!writing, albeit within the confines of the mind, marches forth on this March Fourth. Pun quite intended. Amid the scene setting and character building is crafting the dialogue between the characters (spoken or implied) from which the…

World Building Options

By The Owl Lady March 3, 2017 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
While last week’s entry focused on the quasi-meta update of the Land of Exposition, (which has developed into an inadvertent and mostly improvised meta series separate from the main works in progress) the updates on the state of the primary work in progress (namely the MASC Chronicles)…

Shifting Perspectives

By The Owl Lady February 5, 2017 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
A month into 2017 and I’ve just about quasi abandoned the 85K90 challenge. Well, not so much abandoned, but perhaps put the task on hiatus as the plotting and pondering of the overarching narrative structure and mixing and matching the character (and their exposition baggage) relationships has…

Progress in the Writing Process

By The Owl Lady January 15, 2017 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Actual!writing has actually happened after months of plotting and pondering and pondering about the plotting. Though not that much actually writing has actually happened since the last blog entry, due to the few dormant land minds unexpectedly reactivating with a time sensitive detonator which could have spelled…

Beginnings and Endings

By The Owl Lady February 21, 2016 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Quasi-philosophical questions of the night: When / where does a story begin? When / where does a story end? Does the story ever end? Or does it go on and on, my friends? [Apologies for the inadvertent ear worm.For those who don’t know the reference, search for “The…

A Perpetual Time Loop Towards a Different Path

By The Owl Lady September 25, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Or: Even more quasi-random musings on whatever comes to mind at this very moment (or a few moments ago, as it does take some time for the exact thought to travel from the head through the arms and out from my fingertips). Anyway. In honor (kinda) of…

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