NaNoWriMo Support Group discussion

Hi All,

As a published author, I really want to support all the new writers. This is my advice about how to structure your novel before you edit - based on the "Hollywood Formula."

Take care,
Kathryn The Blue Kind

P.S. If you want a free Kindle copy of my book, let me know.

...What's your advice? I can't seem to find it.

Emma wrote: "...What's your advice? I can't seem to find it."

I actually can't find the post - but what saved my novel was taking "the Hollywood Formula" (Google Syd Field Paradigm") and converting it to the length of a novel. An image is here - http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/pru...

So you take these three sections and assign it a page number. Thus if your novel is 200 pages long, then each section is 66 pages. So you will make sure your "setup happens in the first 40 pages", your first "plot point" in the first 20 pages.

It seems formulaic, but it's what the audience expects and will make sure your work is paced so it's "going somewhere"

HTH,
Kathryn