Plot Yoyos – You Can Never Go Back
Click to view video. A new video is out. In this installment, Jefferson and Gilbert discuss the problem of plot yoyos and explain how they sap the energy from your…
Category Archives: Structure
One important lesson that shooting pool teaches us about writing novels.
After writing several books now, and being deep into the snake pit with the next one, I’m coming to see that (for me, anyway) writing a novel is a lot…
The Pampered Protagonist
There’s a structural issue I see quite frequently in fiction – especially indie fiction – that bothers me quite a bit, but in the few places I’ve ever seen it…
