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Basic Plots: Vonnegut’s From Bad to Worse

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 / Staci Troilo / 68 Comments

Ciao, SEers. I’ve been talking about Vonnegut’s five basic plots. So far, I’ve discussed Man in Hole, Boy Meets Girl, and Cinderella, which you can find by clicking the links. Today, I’m going to talk about the fourth plot type, From Bad to Worse. As I’ve described before, Vonnegut plotted all stories on a grid. … Continue reading Basic Plots: Vonnegut’s From Bad to Worse

Basic Plots: Vonnegut’s Cinderella

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 / Staci Troilo / 66 Comments

Ciao, SEers. I’ve been talking about Vonnegut’s five basic plots. So far, I’ve discussed Man in Hole and Boy Meets Girl, which you can find by clicking the links. Today, I’m going to talk about the third plot type, Cinderella. As I’ve described before, Vonnegut plotted all stories on a grid. The vertical axis was … Continue reading Basic Plots: Vonnegut’s Cinderella

Basic Plots: Vonnegut’s Boy Meets Girl

January 25, 2021December 29, 2020 / Staci Troilo / 57 Comments

Ciao, SEers. Last time I was here, I talked about the first of Vonnegut’s five basic plots, Man in Hole, which you can find by clicking the link. Today, I’m going to talk about the second, Boy Meets Girl. As I mentioned last time, Vonnegut plotted all stories on a grid. The vertical axis was … Continue reading Basic Plots: Vonnegut’s Boy Meets Girl

Basic Plots: Vonnegut’s Man in Hole

January 6, 2021January 4, 2021 / Staci Troilo / 63 Comments

Ciao, SEers. I’m back again to talk about story structure (admittedly an obsession of mine). Love him or hate him, one of the twentieth centuries most influential and prolific authors was Kurt Vonnegut. Though he studied at some of our nation’s finest institutions (including my alma mater), he never studied writing. And when he wrote … Continue reading Basic Plots: Vonnegut’s Man in Hole

What’s In an Edit?

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 / Joan Hall / 48 Comments

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. Let’s talk about editing. I recently read a book that had a good plot. The story was intriguing. The writing grammatically correct. I didn’t find any spelling or punctuation errors. Sound like the person had a good editor, right? Not necessarily. Throughout the book, there were countless repeated … Continue reading What’s In an Edit?

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