Karen Woodward asks in her blog. "How did great writers structure their stories? And, beyond that, how...
Karen Woodward asks in her blog. "How did great writers structure their stories? And, beyond that, how did they think of story structure? "
She finds an article entitled, "On The Writing Of Speculative Fiction," by Robert A. Heinlein. It is the edited transcript from a lecture he gave. Heinlein discusses his famous 5 rules of writing. However, Heinlein's rules are not the usual forced rhetorical list proving nothing, but the old adage, "those who can't, teach."
These five rules reveal in a most clear way what a writer does when his story is structured the right way and is worth the time.
Also, since I found number 3, "Boy meets girl" is a subplot of my book under boy-meets-too-many-girls, you will more than likely see the structure of your own story within his 5 rules.
She finds an article entitled, "On The Writing Of Speculative Fiction," by Robert A. Heinlein. It is the edited transcript from a lecture he gave. Heinlein discusses his famous 5 rules of writing. However, Heinlein's rules are not the usual forced rhetorical list proving nothing, but the old adage, "those who can't, teach."
These five rules reveal in a most clear way what a writer does when his story is structured the right way and is worth the time.
Also, since I found number 3, "Boy meets girl" is a subplot of my book under boy-meets-too-many-girls, you will more than likely see the structure of your own story within his 5 rules.
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