Status Updates From Story Trumps Structure: How...

FINALLY finished it!! It’s been almost two years now since I’ve started reading it (Oops!), and this contains the best writing advice I’ve ever read. I like how thorough James is and I like his writing philosophy of writing organically instead of something like a series of strict plot points to reach or something like that. Really great, great advice and I’ll be revisiting it in the future :)

Darn straight, Steven!

Yup, that’s what The Road does with not using quotation marks at all

Sooo, book continuity, then? Like in a film

FINAL SECTION LET’S GOOO!!

The two chapters I just read were reeaaally good!! The chapters on Status and Attitude were thorough and I’d never really thought of them in writing before. I added a TON of red tabs across both chapters. Awesome stuff!

Leigh is a master at finding a third way. It’s the premise of SoC/CK. I really liked this chapter

Leigh kinda does this in the Grishaverse, but the difference is that the povs end up being interesting and enthralling so I forget about the previous chapter’s cliffhanger. It’s all woven together.

Yarros should read this part…

I really enjoyed the previous chapter on scenes and found it very useful regarding how scenes should work what might make them not work. Also loved the “Yes, but” and “No, and” part. Oh! And how to do subtext. Very useful stuff

I love the idea of just writing everything that comes to mind and letting the story form organically

Not what I was after.

I’ve been reading this for the past week or so and I’m more invested in this guide book than the novel I’m reading. It’s really really helpful so far and makes a lot of sense. I think it’ll help improve my writing

Tone is the attitude of the story.
Mood is the atmosphere.

I meant to only read the forward and maybe a couple pages of this, but it’s actually really informative so far! This really resonates with me in that James views stories in a way similar to how I do in that they’re organic things that don’t need to be bound to acts or structure. Literally, story trumps structure