For Writers — Noelle Strader

Resources for Writers

BIG PICTURE

Major Dramatic Question by Rebecca Petruck

How to Plot a Novel with Save the Cat Beat Sheet

Master Plot Points

How to Prep for NanoWriMo in 7 Days

Reversals & Pinch Points: Writing Tension in Your Story

How to Get Through the Sagging Middle of Your Book

Plotting Romance: Romancing the Beat Summary

Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling

MISCELLANEOUS

Writing Secondary Characters from the Inside Out

Character Worksheet

Myers & Briggs Types from Most to Least Rebellious

Myers-Briggs & Character Developments

Emotional Wounds

The Flashbacks: The do’s and don’ts

SCENES

Visually Dynamic Scenes

Writing Gripping Scenes

Making a Scene: Conflicts & Setbacks

The Basics of Scene Structure: Action & Reaction

How to Write a Bingeable Chapter

Scene Structure: Elements of a Scene

Goal, Conflict, Resolution, Cliffhanger: The Elements of a Scene

How Do We Use Sequels with Our Scenes?

12 Ways to End a Chapter

Maintaining Conflict Using Micro-tension

REVISING

Reverse Outlines: “Finding” your story during revisions

Revising in Stages

QUERYING/PITCHNG

How Writers Can Master the Elevator Pitch

Word Counts by Age and Genre