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Nov 7, 2009 - 17 39 |
Last year I happened upon a collection of organization tips that a 100k+ writing shared. There was also and explanation of how each section ought to flow. it went something like this: Character development: XX% My hope is to find that same collection of info as a reference. |
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Nov 7, 2009 - 18 25
I was coming on here to ask a similar question. I am writing a mystery and am trying to figure out how much needs to be solving the crime, how much should be laying clues, and how much should be the character's life. Especially since I'm writing a cozy, the other stuff is important but I don't want it to overwhelm the focus on the mystery.
I would love to see a chart that lays out some of those details.
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Nov 8, 2009 - 06 26
There really isn't a hard and fast rule.
Some writers are better at dialogue, and put in more; some are poor at dialogue and put in less. The trick is to play to your strengths as a writer and write what you are good at. All writing to a percentage will do is make your writing feel stilted and artificial.
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Nov 10, 2009 - 15 45
I certainly am not writing to match up with any arbitrary organization systems to make my writing 'fit.' I just remember looking at what I had written last year and that it matched up pretty well with it. I also don't recommend that anyone try to write to match some other person's style. However it could be useful to know that I've spent way too much time explaining about the MC's great grandfather's cat when the story is about his work life, and the cat hasn't moved the story forward.
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