Writing Fiction & Poetry : Writing Techniques for Novels
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Uploaded by expertvillage on Oct 20, 2008
Novel writing techniques vary from writer to writer, but outlines are typically helpful, as are revision sessions of large bodies of work. Discover a personal writing process that gets the job done with tips from a published author and English professor in this free video on writing.
Expert: David M. Harris
Bio: David M. Harris has taught English at Vanderbilt University and elsewhere.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge
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Do you think a writer can "force" a story to be novel-length or do you think some stories are meant to be short stories and some are meant to grow into a novel?
A writer with little experience may not know how to judge if his/her idea can fill a novel-length work.
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This video has only 1 dislike. Says it all really. :D
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Great tips! I'm trying to write a novel, and I don't have an outline and I don't really want one, but I love the idea of making an outline of the stuff that's all ready written! So I'm going to go back through my 50 pages and make one! Thanks! :)
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I love this collection! =D truly amazing
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Thank you.
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this dudes awesome!
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Now that I've noticed the pendulum in the corner ......
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The real work is not in writing it's in the revising and finding the gems that are buried in that awful first draft.
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What are you doing usually around Christmas?
I have some suspicions :)
gabriel1118x 2 years ago 88
Very encouraging and light hearted advice.
There's a lot of FUN to be had inventing stories, characters. Once you're 'standing in your character's shoes' the story often writes itself.
Keep on the look out for interesting ideas. A US friend of mine mentioned that there there once weren't ANY snails in American.
So I invented Colin and Mildred - two snails who arrive on America's East coast by clinging onto the crates of a ship!
Don't let consumerism win - get your creativity going!
ourerawriting 3 years ago 24