Sometimes it’s difficult to decide where to begin telling a story, and “begin at the beginning” isn’t always the best advice. Click here to download this writing worksheet (PDF) The beginning of your story need not take place in your opening scene! The opening scene can be used to… Capture the reader’s attention with an…

The setting of a story performs the vital task of transporting the reader into the story. Download this worksheet (PDF) Story Settings The questions in this 2-page story setting worksheet can help you hone in on the details of your character’s environment. Does the scene take place indoors or out? Is the space light or…

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The setting of a story performs the vital task of transporting the reader into the story. Download this worksheet (PDF) Story Settings The questions in this 2-page story setting worksheet can help you hone in on the details of your character’s environment. Does the scene take place indoors or out? Is the space light or…

The setting of a story performs the vital task of transporting the reader into the story. Download this worksheet (PDF) Story Settings The questions in this 2-page story setting worksheet can help you hone in on the details of your character’s environment. Does the scene take place indoors or out? Is the space light or…

Creative Writing Worksheet – Scene Writing (PDF) Here is a worksheet I needed to write for myself this week! Often when you create an outline, you know what needs to happen when, but not necessarily how the action should unfold, or in what way you should relate it. This worksheet will help you brainstorm some…

Scene structure is one of the fundamental elements of any novel, providing you with a blueprint for writing scenes that come together into a complete story.

Like a living creature, a story is more than the sum of its parts. Just having setting, character, and dialogue in a scene isn’t enough to make your story linger with your readers. You need to weave these components together to ensure they work together so your scene feels reader to your reader and

After a sombre second episode, War And Peace viewers were last night rewarded with plenty of romance in the third instalment of the BBC's sumptuous adaptation.

Weekly Writing Prompt: The Color of Ideas | Choose three colors from this color associations chart. Note the different meanings. Choose a color, and create a character or place associated with the color. Profile the characters or write a scene about them.

Teodor Axentowicz [1859-1938] was a Polish-Armenian painter and university professor. A renowned artist of his times, he was also the rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.

Après, Christian Boltanski invente un monde labyrinthique, animé par des voix et du souffle. Où l'on erre et rencontre des hommes qui marchent…

Want to learn how to properly create scene structure in your stories? Start by learning the two halves of a successful scene.

Free Novel Writing Worksheets (PDFs) The cornerstone of the Novel Factory software for writers is to handle useful information that authors might be collating in order to help them write their novel. This could be relating to plot, characters, locations and more. As well a offering a place to keep all that data, the Novel…

When done well, characteristic moments define characters, kick off their arcs, and set up the journeys they’re about to embark on—all in their first scene!

Discover great films and tv shows set in Scotland you should add to your watch list. Including One Day, Buccaneers, Shetland, Traitors, Vigil and more!

Use Escape Rooms in ELA to promote collaboration and critical thinking. Here's how to develop and set up a successful escape room for your students.

Марк Олич is a Russian photographer born in Omsk. A graduate of theatre and art schools, Mark has been engaged with photography since 2002. Mark has always drawn but suffered from a creative crisis after moving to St. Petersburg. He became a set designer at the Mariinsky Theatre, where he began to capture ‘behind the scenes’, images of the dancers training and rehearsing in the theatre.

Learn how to write a scene and nail scene structure. Learn how to begin and end scenes and how to organize scenes and sequels.

LOVE OF THE S*N - BIWEEKLY UPDATE 1: HELLO ALL! 1B is currently being animated... and written still? its very strange, i know. regardless, things are picking up, & today i will set up a few more scenes to animate. question: what do we think of these new colors on michael?

Canadian cuisine has a lot to offer, from butter tarts to bannock. Discover delicious Canadian recipes that will leave you saying "eh"!

Imgur user Joinyouinthesun created a collection of 100 behind the scenes photos, from 100 films, showing how movie making has changed over 81 years. This collection is over two years old but I hadn't seen it before and, as far as I can tell, we haven't posted it on GeekTyrant. Hat tip:

This 3-part character conflict worksheet can help put your character in trouble... and pull them out of it!

In this worksheet, your student will analyze the setting in a scene from Dickens' "Great Expectations."

The newest law enforcement drama to grab our attention is ABC's The Rookie. Here's what happened behind the scenes of a television series during The Rookie set visit.

I love the graphic that illustrates this quote by William Shakespeare. Everything went well at my Certificate of Occupancy inspection today and the carpenter bee treatment. We had some fierce blowing rain late this afternoon and I had quite a time cleaning up my wet floors and windowsills. I had open windows all over the house and couldn't close them quickly enough. It really cooled things off for my after supper walk with the Wonder Dog. I found a photo of the bedroom in the house where my new love seats once lived. I'm still over the moon with joy over them. Webster is still being a perfect gentleman and is respecting them too. My tall brass lamps were once in the dining room of this lovely house. Here are the furnishings in my cottage for those of you who missed my previous posts. I think everything looks perfectly cozy at my house, don't you? Enjoy your Friday evening. I'll be stretching out on the love seat by the window pretty soon, watching my small television. I changed the artwork to the right of the window. See photo here. See you tomorrow. xo

Looking for a list of romantic German words and phrases? Check it out in this short article!

Here's a quick reference for writing ballroom or dance scenes.

Josef Svoboda (1920-2002) was an eminent Czech scenographer who first trained as an architect in Prague and later studied scenography at the Prague Conservatory. His most famous works are those produced for the Czech National Theatre where he held the position of principal designer for over...

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The writer igniter is a prompt generator with millions of possibilities. Just click "shuffle" to get a character, situation, prop and setting. Then write!

Learn from these examples of scene trackers for writers how to track the 7 essential elements of plot in the scenes from your novel & improve your writing