This was a fantastic, helpful session. I've very rarely come away with so many useable practical steps to take. I now have a plan! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
One of the BEST discussions about character I have heard. They managed to get right to the essence of creating characters, protagonist and antagonist. Excellent for a beginner or if you have been at this and need a jumpstart on developing new characters or rewriting existing ones. Well worth every minute and worth listening again. Thank you for giving this!
Creative types avoid technical stuff to their detriment. This video was insightful. I realize I need to add the technical tools to my creative side. I feel myself resisting though. Change is hard.
Great video, very helpful and informative. I write a bit in both fiction and nonfiction but mostly nonfiction. This editing style will work great with fiction and some styles of nonfiction but what about certain nonfiction that do not have characters per see, what approach would you take? Great job!
Hi Mark, Thank you for you kind words. I'm hesitant to comment for non-fiction. I'm not an expert in that. My focus is fiction. Maybe someone at Reedsy has thoughts on this.
They mean a draft or a 'go' at the manuscript. You might take another pass at the manuscript, looking to work only on dialogue issues - and another pass where you're looking at pacing.
I am sorry but I think this is wrong. I had a problem with scenes in my own book. The thing that should matters is the characters. The plot doesn't matter. I fingered how to write a scene by reedsy. Characters changes. The story is how the character changes or how other characters changes. I do the story circle for my scenes. How about fear? Characters should have a fear in their arc to grow in the story.
Hi John, You are correct. You're getting deeper into the topic than I was able to cover in such a short time. The characters must develop and change over the course of the story for most novels. There are of course exceptions that work well. Kinsey Millhone in the Sue Krafton series comes to mind. There needs to be a balance between the character development and the character arc to make a story powerful. Some stories are more character oriented and some plot oriented. I hope this helps.
@@KristinaStanleyMysteryAuthor No I am not going that deep. I am saying fear lets lets the reader feel for the character. It wouldn't be that hard to explain to authors trying to edit their books. Right? Characters drive the plot because of their fear. There are many books that does this well and some don't. I am not going that far into characters. Which is better Twilight or Song of Ice & Fire?
This was a fantastic, helpful session. I've very rarely come away with so many useable practical steps to take. I now have a plan! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Jackie, I'm so please to hear this helped you and that you have a plan. I hope you love editing as much as I do!
Apologies I didn't make it at 5am here in Oz...but settling in to watch it now. Excellent feedback! Just watched it - great information. Thank you!
Not only did I learn so much, my confidence was built
This was an excellent tutorial! Thank you for sharing all the info! 💜
I'm particularly grateful for Kristina's very last words of encouragement. Thank you!
Thank you Allison. That's so nice to hear.
One of the BEST discussions about character I have heard. They managed to get right to the essence of creating characters, protagonist and antagonist. Excellent for a beginner or if you have been at this and need a jumpstart on developing new characters or rewriting existing ones. Well worth every minute and worth listening again. Thank you for giving this!
Hi Barbara, thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you found the webinar helpful.
A fantastic session. Loved it all the way through
Thank you for a great session! From Australia
Thank you from Singapore
An unbelievable eye-opener - thank you so much for your half hour. 🙏🏻❤️
One of the best training videos I've seen yet on this very daunting subject. Thank you so much, highly informative! ❤👍
Thank you for letting me know. I'm glad you liked it.
Thank you!
This was great. Thank you!
Great content, thank you!!
Thank you! From Argentina
Thank you Kristina - I got so much out of that. It was very useful info. now considering signing up to fictionary.
Excellent, so much of useful information, thank you so much
Great stream!
Great interview
Creative types avoid technical stuff to their detriment. This video was insightful. I realize I need to add the technical tools to my creative side. I feel myself resisting though. Change is hard.
Great and to the point.
excellent. Thank you
Great video, very helpful and informative. I write a bit in both fiction and nonfiction but mostly nonfiction. This editing style will work great with fiction and some styles of nonfiction but what about certain nonfiction that do not have characters per see, what approach would you take? Great job!
Hi Mark, Thank you for you kind words. I'm hesitant to comment for non-fiction. I'm not an expert in that. My focus is fiction. Maybe someone at Reedsy has thoughts on this.
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Thank you, Martin. Sorry, I have a question, one of your questioners asked the question about pass - what does pass mean?
They mean a draft or a 'go' at the manuscript. You might take another pass at the manuscript, looking to work only on dialogue issues - and another pass where you're looking at pacing.
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Hi Bernadette from South Africa
I am sorry but I think this is wrong. I had a problem with scenes in my own book. The thing that should matters is the characters. The plot doesn't matter. I fingered how to write a scene by reedsy. Characters changes. The story is how the character changes or how other characters changes. I do the story circle for my scenes. How about fear? Characters should have a fear in their arc to grow in the story.
Hi John, You are correct. You're getting deeper into the topic than I was able to cover in such a short time. The characters must develop and change over the course of the story for most novels. There are of course exceptions that work well. Kinsey Millhone in the Sue Krafton series comes to mind. There needs to be a balance between the character development and the character arc to make a story powerful. Some stories are more character oriented and some plot oriented. I hope this helps.
@@KristinaStanleyMysteryAuthor No I am not going that deep. I am saying fear lets lets the reader feel for the character. It wouldn't be that hard to explain to authors trying to edit their books. Right? Characters drive the plot because of their fear. There are many books that does this well and some don't. I am not going that far into characters. Which is better Twilight or Song of Ice & Fire?
I'm really old and grumpy. I read the headline and skip the intro's going straight to the advice.
quick answer: don't do that. first drafts aren't supposed to be fixed. You're supposed to write a second draft.