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Episode 115: Midpoints
Fable & The Verbivore
English - November 09, 2021 06:55 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture Personal Journals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Notes:
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In case you’re unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo, here is some information: https://nanowrimo.org/what-is-nanowrimo
Both Fable and the Verbivore mention that there’s a variety of ways to approach writing the middle of a story. Here are some articles that we found helpful in preparation for this conversation:
“Collateral — The Midpoint Collision by Lessons” From the Screenplay
“How to Use a Midpoint” by Tyler Mowery
“The Midpoint | The Craft of…” by Macabre Storytelling
The Write Practice “The Secret to Writing the Middle of a Story”
Save the Cat “Cracking the Midpoint: The False Victory”
Story Grid “the Power of Three”
Anne Rallen “The Biggest Writing Craft Issue New Novelists Face, and 7 Ways to Avoid It.”
The Writing Kylie “A Seven Point Story Structure Case Study of The Hunger Games”
Now Novel “How to write the middle of your novel: 9 tips”
Books & Movies Mentioned:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
The Matrix: Directed by The Wachowski’s
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Martian: Directed by Ridley Scott
Collateral: Directed by Michael Mann
Music from: https://filmmusic.io
’Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)