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To all those following or submitting in E-SYW, I've already shared that I've been working on what we'll do next year. I think I've landed on 52 themes for the 52 weeks. We will still be voting on the prompts to fit the theme, unless you'd all like to use the time to work on something individual for each week and work on the areas of focus. The first weekend in October is super early to preview the practice threads that won't start until the first Friday in January, but I want to be sure that I've got a good list and have a little runway to write up each week's objectives.
My goal is to work on my writing, with you, but this is practice for me done publicly. When I was a teenager Coach always said, "You play like you practice." As such, it's important to practice, and a planned routine will ensure that we cover the bases. So, without further ado, here's the list.
1. Storytelling – Creating Interest
2. Storytelling – Conflict
3. Storytelling – the Punchline
4. Storytelling – Pacing
5. Character Development – Needs and Wants
6. Character Development – Relationships
7. Character Development – Guiding Principles (for character)
8. Character Development – Personal History
9. Effective Descriptions – Visuals
10. Effective Descriptions – Feelings & Emotions
11. Effective Descriptions – Physical Sensations
12. Effective Descriptions – Spatial Awareness
13. Good Dialogue – Being Natural
14. Good Dialogue – Thoughts & Inner Monologues
15. Good Dialogue – Character Voices (writing characters that sound like themselves)
16. Good Dialogue – Comic Relief and Witty Comebacks
17. Good Dialogue – Storytelling with Dialogue
18. Creating a Style – Form and Function
19. Creating a Style – Building Tension
20. Creating a Style – Writing your own kind of sentences
21. Creating a Style – Telling your kind of story
22. Feeding Your Story – Doling out Information
23. Feeding Your Story – Introducing Characters
24. Feeding Your Story – Theme
25. Feeding Your Story – It’s a Setup
26. Revelations & Mitigations – The Big Reveal
27. Revelations & Mitigations – Misdirection
28. Revelations & Mitigations – Alternate Solutions
29. Revelations & Mitigations – Overcoming Adversity
30. Protagonists – Making them Relatable
31. Protagonists – Getting your Reader to Invest
32. Protagonists – Character Flaws
33. Protagonists – Essential Character Traits
34. Antagonists – Love your Villain
35. Antagonists – Realistic Motives
36. Antagonists – Economy of a Bad Guy
37. Antagonists – How much is too much?
38. Secondary Characters – Interesting, not overpowering
39. Secondary Characters – Killing the Messenger
40. Secondary Characters – Subplots
41. Secondary Characters – Give them a purpose or send them home
42. Hooks & Cliffhangers – Start in the Middle
43. Hooks & Cliffhangers – Start a Fire
44. Hooks & Cliffhangers – Every Victory a Crisis
45. Hooks & Cliffhangers – Leave them wanting more
46. Satisfying Resolutions – Neat & Tidy
47. Satisfying Resolutions – Not what’s expected
48. Satisfying Resolutions – Keeping your Promises
49. Satisfying Resolutions – Telegraphing the Second Act
50. Edits – Effective Editing (A critical eye for your own work)
51. Edits – Writing a Second Draft
52. Edits – Line Edits
Please let me know if you think these cover the bases for a good year's worth of practice threads. Don't hesitate to tell me I'm full of shit, should add something, or take something away. I'm easy that way. If you aren't an denizen of SYW, feel free to come on in to play, or take the threads and run your own practice group in one of the other SYW threads.
Again, feedback welcome, and I would love to have as many writing along with me as possible, so join up.
Ink
My goal is to work on my writing, with you, but this is practice for me done publicly. When I was a teenager Coach always said, "You play like you practice." As such, it's important to practice, and a planned routine will ensure that we cover the bases. So, without further ado, here's the list.
1. Storytelling – Creating Interest
2. Storytelling – Conflict
3. Storytelling – the Punchline
4. Storytelling – Pacing
5. Character Development – Needs and Wants
6. Character Development – Relationships
7. Character Development – Guiding Principles (for character)
8. Character Development – Personal History
9. Effective Descriptions – Visuals
10. Effective Descriptions – Feelings & Emotions
11. Effective Descriptions – Physical Sensations
12. Effective Descriptions – Spatial Awareness
13. Good Dialogue – Being Natural
14. Good Dialogue – Thoughts & Inner Monologues
15. Good Dialogue – Character Voices (writing characters that sound like themselves)
16. Good Dialogue – Comic Relief and Witty Comebacks
17. Good Dialogue – Storytelling with Dialogue
18. Creating a Style – Form and Function
19. Creating a Style – Building Tension
20. Creating a Style – Writing your own kind of sentences
21. Creating a Style – Telling your kind of story
22. Feeding Your Story – Doling out Information
23. Feeding Your Story – Introducing Characters
24. Feeding Your Story – Theme
25. Feeding Your Story – It’s a Setup
26. Revelations & Mitigations – The Big Reveal
27. Revelations & Mitigations – Misdirection
28. Revelations & Mitigations – Alternate Solutions
29. Revelations & Mitigations – Overcoming Adversity
30. Protagonists – Making them Relatable
31. Protagonists – Getting your Reader to Invest
32. Protagonists – Character Flaws
33. Protagonists – Essential Character Traits
34. Antagonists – Love your Villain
35. Antagonists – Realistic Motives
36. Antagonists – Economy of a Bad Guy
37. Antagonists – How much is too much?
38. Secondary Characters – Interesting, not overpowering
39. Secondary Characters – Killing the Messenger
40. Secondary Characters – Subplots
41. Secondary Characters – Give them a purpose or send them home
42. Hooks & Cliffhangers – Start in the Middle
43. Hooks & Cliffhangers – Start a Fire
44. Hooks & Cliffhangers – Every Victory a Crisis
45. Hooks & Cliffhangers – Leave them wanting more
46. Satisfying Resolutions – Neat & Tidy
47. Satisfying Resolutions – Not what’s expected
48. Satisfying Resolutions – Keeping your Promises
49. Satisfying Resolutions – Telegraphing the Second Act
50. Edits – Effective Editing (A critical eye for your own work)
51. Edits – Writing a Second Draft
52. Edits – Line Edits
Please let me know if you think these cover the bases for a good year's worth of practice threads. Don't hesitate to tell me I'm full of shit, should add something, or take something away. I'm easy that way. If you aren't an denizen of SYW, feel free to come on in to play, or take the threads and run your own practice group in one of the other SYW threads.
Again, feedback welcome, and I would love to have as many writing along with me as possible, so join up.
Ink
