Showing posts with label plot triggers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plot triggers. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Dominoes, Triggers, and Plot

Photo: flickr.com/photos, Reece Kidman

"To avoid bad writing, think of the events in your novel as dominoes. Let's call them dramatic dominoes. The first event in the novel--and for that you can read 'the first scene'--must trigger an event that follows...The key here is to remember that scene one is the first domino. It knocks the next one over and so forth." --Elizabeth George, Write Away

Reworking some of my scenes this week with dominoes in mind. What table game inspires your writing? (Please don't say Sorry!)
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