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Ann Beattie: Rock by Rock

Good Writing and Writers, Guidance, StructureJames BuchananAugust 31, 2015Ann Beattie, road map, interview, writing advice, The New YorkerComment

Set-Pieces and Plot Points & Boo Radley, Ewell, Atticus and Scout

Heart of Writing, StructureJames BuchananJuly 28, 2015Cheryl Strayed, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Bob Ewell, Atticus Finch, Scout Finch, Wild, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, plot points, set pieces, story structure, five act outlineComment

Palahniuk: Let Yourself Not Know

Structure, GuidanceJames BuchananJuly 15, 2015Chuck Palahniuk, advice for writers, writing, fight clubComment

Five Act Outline: The Place to Begin

StructureJames BuchananJuly 13, 2015structure, five act outlineComment

Hooks

StructureJames BuchananMarch 27, 2015hook, writing, fiction, nonfictionComment

Chapter Length and Joan Didion

StructureJames BuchananMarch 27, 2015Joan Didion, memoir, fiction, nonfiction, chapter length, book lengthComment

Don't Listen to Anne Lamott

StructureJames BuchananMarch 17, 2015Anne Lamott, structure, fiction, nonfiction, writing, outline, writing road mapComment

Narrator vs Story

StructureJames BuchananMarch 10, 2015Hemingway, David Foster Wallace, narration, narratorComment

Great vs Good Writing

StructureJames BuchananMarch 6, 2015truth, unknown, great writing, structureComment