Tipping the Balance – How to find Plan B and write your Midpoint
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky As with all things chased with dogged persistence, the middle of my first book, Divided Elements, is growingContinue Reading
Category: Story Engineering
SWOT your Antagonist: Driving the middle of your story with well-rounded characters
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Ah, ‘the middle’ – bemoaned the world over. Middle child syndrome causing siblings to feel overlooked and resentful; middleContinue Reading
Mind the Gap: Writing the story between your plot points using Gap Analysis
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Once upon a time, I used to be a pantser (one of those people who writes byContinue Reading
Three Act Structure (with speculative fiction examples)
Three Act Structure (with dystopian literature examples) by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Click on the picture of link above to access myContinue Reading
Dystopian Archetypes – 1. High Tech Utopia vs Savage Natural World
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Recently, I finished reading two YA dystopian novels that, while very different to each other, contained aContinue Reading
Stuck in the middle: Fighting mediocrity with strong plotting
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Recently I hit the middle of my novel and discovered that it was everything everyone said itContinue Reading
Character Mapping
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky I’m a bit of visual learner, so it’s no surprise that one of my favourite Scrivener functionsContinue Reading
Fiction & Fashion
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Recently I was browsing through pinterest, looking for images that would help to crystallise my ideas forContinue Reading
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