The Three “Acts” of a Writer’s Journey—From Newbie to Master
The Three “Acts” of a Writer’s Journey — From Newbie to Master — thanks for a great post, Kristen Lamb! Also a much needed one for those who don’t realize what tremendous commitment and effort it takes to become the best writer you can be…to achieve that smooth and lucid flow that appears to be so darn easy….but is in fact the result of years of hard (though blissful) work….
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Pirate Code=Writing Rules. Clearer now? :)
The mark of a great storyteller is they make our job look easy. The story flows, pulls us in, and appears seamless. Many of us decided to become writers because we grew up loving books. Because good storytellers are masters of what they do, we can easily fall into a misguided notion that “writing is easy.” Granted there are a rare few exceptions, but most of us will go through three acts (stages) in this career if we stick it through.
Act One—The Neophyte
This is when we are brand new. We’ve never read a craft book and the words flow. We never run out of words to put on a page because we are like a kid banging away on a piano having fun and making up “music.” We aren’t held back or hindered by any structure or rules and we have amazing…
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