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Blake Synder's Beat Sheet, with template

January 27, 2014 Belinda CrawfordWriting process, In Review

Best for those outling a new work. What’s awesome about it The word count for each beat What’s not-so-awesome It’s daunting, especially when your manuscript is half-written No capacity to outline subplots The awesome When I first came across Blake […]

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A world-building template for when you're on the go

September 21, 2013 Belinda CrawfordWriting process

Patricia C. Wrede’s Fantasy World-building questions are great, and the World-building Leviathan is equally awesome, but there are times when they just don’t hit the spot. Like, when you’re halfway (or more) into your novel and you need to sort […]

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The World-building Leviathan and a Scrivener template

August 4, 2013 Belinda CrawfordWriting process

Created by Kitty Chandler at KittySpace, the World-building Leviathan is a great method of world-building while  developing your plot. The best thing is, it’s non-genre-specific so you can use it without feeling restricted by your chosen genre.

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Exploring the Snowflake method

July 27, 2013 Belinda CrawfordWriting, Writing process

The Snowflake method is the brainchild of Randy Ingermanson. Freely available online, it’s one of the first methods/writing processes that I started playing around with. It’s great for plotters, although pantsers might like to give it a pass, since it’s heavy on […]

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Exploring the writing process

July 13, 2013 Belinda CrawfordWriting process

If you’re like me, you’ve probably spent time trying to figure out the how to write a book. Not just the putting pen to paper bit, but the step-by-step process of planing, outlining and drafting. You’ve probably read books with […]

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A writer's notebook for Scrivener

July 7, 2013 Belinda CrawfordWriting
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How to open a Scrivener template

June 28, 2013 Belinda CrawfordTech bits, Writing

If you’ve just download a shiny new Scrivener template and are wondering how to add it to your list of project templates, it’s really easy! here’s a quick tutorial to help you out.

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Revising Hero and the Pantser's Beat Sheet

January 11, 2013 Belinda CrawfordThe Hero Rebellion, Writing

Just after Christmas, I finished the first draft of Hero and since the New Year I’ve been hard at work on the second draft. Dan Wells’s 7-point plot system (aka the Pantser’s Beat Sheet) has been incredibly helpful during the […]

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5 more Scrivener templates

December 27, 2012November 18, 2019 Belinda CrawfordWorld-building, Writing

I might have previously mentioned that I love templates, and you might ask why. I love them because they make world-building easier, not in a ‘this is how things must be done’ way, but in a ‘here’s some questions to get […]

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Beat sheet to the rescue, pantser-style

December 18, 2012October 26, 2020 Belinda CrawfordWriting

A few weeks ago, I was at the half-way point of my first draft and having trouble with my plot. After ten months of steadily pounding away at the keyboard and chipping at the word count, I was increasing asking […]

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