Part 4 in the How to Plot Your Novel From Scratch video series is up today. In this video, Chris continues development on World of Cliche. He fleshes out many sections of the plot, including adding both characters and events. Listen to Chris walk through his plot so far in the video below:
How to Plot Your Novel From Scratch Part 3
Today’s video is the third in the series that shows how Chris plots his novels. Chris shows some more of his process and talks about how he found his protagonist. He fleshes out the character a bit and adds in some more background elements to his story. Watch the video below to see how the…
Quick Tip: How to Show Instead of Tell
In Chris’s latest video, he gives tips on how to show instead of tell in your writing. He explains why showing is helpful in writing and gives a few examples on how telling can be replaced with showing. Check out the video below to get Chris’s tips and improve your writing!
Craft: Emergency Plot Surgery
What happens when you need last minute plot surgery on a preorder? Chris recently encountered this exact problem with his upcoming book, Tech Mage. In this video, he talks about how his beta readers revealed massive problems with his beta draft and what exactly you can do when you run into this situation. Check out…
Worldbuilding #4- How to Construct a Fictional Language
In today’s video, Chris talks about some methods you can use to create your own fictional language (or way of speaking), discussing things like word patterns, suffixes, sounds, etc. He gives some great examples using existing languages as well as speech patterns and accents in his own writing. Check out the video below for more!
Worldbuilding #3- How Does Your Magic System Work?
Chris’s worldbuilding video this week discusses magic systems. He asks a series of questions that can help you determine how your magic system works. Using common examples like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, he explains how the answers to these basic questions can affect things like how many magic users there are, how…
How to Make Names That Don’t Suck
In today’s video, Chris begins a world building video series, starting with how to create names for your characters that readers will like. More specifically, he gives some tips about what to avoid and some easy techniques to use when naming your characters. Check out the video below for more details!
Week 6: The Advantages of Back-to-Back Writing
In today’s video, Chris talks about the advantages of writing books in a series back-to-back. Writing book 2 in 12 Weeks to a Trilogy before editing book 1 has allowed him to have a better sense of the world and where the characters are going, which can make the changes in editing for book 1…
Week 5: The Importance of Character Names
In the video for week 5 of 12 Weeks to a Trilogy, see updates on Chris’ progress so far and the importance of character names. Chris talks about how he goes about choosing character names and how he coordinates the cast of names to make sure none are too similar. Check out the details in…
Week 1: Worldbuilding
In his latest video, week one in the 12 Weeks to a Trilogy series, Chris gives an update on his trilogy progress and discusses worldbuilding. He talks about how building up characters and other elements of your world can help develop parts of your plot. Watch the video for more details. Subscribe to the Chris…