SESSION NINE – 07 May 2020 - Wycombe Sound Writers' Clinic
Topic – Freestyle Writing: Developing Your Plot.

REFERENCED ITEMS:

(Extract from session 9)

... these gaps need to be filled with creative writing, not only creative writing but also engaging and sometimes exciting writing which moves the story convincingly to the next plot point – and you are all alone. Just you and that long, empty piece of deserted white paper between the current plot point and the next. All those blank pages to fill with ideas and inspiration. This is Freestyle Writing.

You will have your notes and research to guide you, and all the thinking you have done while doing the washing up, gardening and going for long walks.

(...and later:)

The writer needs the confidence to be able to launch into a scene like this and trust they will come up with the answers to all the story telling conundrums.

LINKS 

Giving you this link is a bit of a cheat because I have not mentioned this subject - editing - in detail in any of the clinics. I’ve not had time to cover the vast subject of editing but Julie Cohen, a writer based in Reading and a good friend to Slough Writers has posted this on what it’s like to edit a novel after the first draft.

To look at Julie’s website click here.

To hear this session again or to begin listening from day one, go to the Writers’ Clinic

For Wycombe Sound Short Story Week - (Short stories created by students from the Wycombe Sound Writing Workshop.) go to WycombeSound Short Story Week.

TOMORROW

On Friday the last session will be on writing dialogue including speech tags, giving your characters a voice and writing realistic dialogue. There will also be a download link to details of dialogue punctuation and layout.

CONTACTS:

Wycombe Sound website 

Wycombe Sound -call the studio - 01494 449900