Write a scene in 30 minutes
In a recent interview by Joel Chafetz, author Jack Remick, talked about how learning Natalie Goldberg’s timed writing technique totally changed his writing.
Remick who is a poet and author of the novel Blood, among other works, said he learned to use timed writing to craft his scenes. He breaks it down as follows for a 30-minute timed writing session:
- 5 minutes on setting, place, time, season, temperature
- 5 minutes on character description and problem
- 5 minutes on action and dialogue
- 5 minutes on Intruder
- 5 minutes on Climax and Resolution
- 5 minutes on Hook to the next scene down the line Read more
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