Which writing clinic do you need most?

Most or soonest.

{democracy:4}

Feel free to suggest clinics I haven’t thought of, and to expand on your choices or reasons wanting a particular clinic in comments.

image_pdfDownload as PDFimage_printPrint Page

By Holly

Novelist, writing teacher, on a mission to reprint my out-of-print books and indie-publish my new ones.

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

12 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Angelique
Angelique
16 years ago

I chose the worldbuilding clinic..I think that plots can emerge from the rich fabric of a well built world. Knowing how to do that building and to do it well is something I want to crash into. However, if plot wins the race, I won’t cry about it either 🙂

Jason Penney
16 years ago

I have two novels in need of further revision. Some of the best resources I’ve found on novel revision come from this site, so Finish the Book Clinic wins for me hands down.

klharrds
klharrds
16 years ago

As the question referred to need, I have voted for plot. I need help with plot. Thats where I have the most trouble, getting through the tricky middle to the smashing final scene I have lurking in the back of my brain.

I would LOVE world next, but i think thats just the procrastination in me. Any excuse to keep mucking about with what I already have instead of tackling that damn middle.

Chassit
16 years ago

Actually, that’s almost the same thing that happened to me, michelem31. I think I’ll just close my eyes and pick one, I really want them all.

michelem31
michelem31
16 years ago

Plot for me, definitely. I went a little crazy with my world building and discovered that there was more going on in my story than I thought, and I need more than one book to tell it. Now I need some help in taking it and putting it together in a coherent, readable order.

Liz
Liz
16 years ago

I clicked “Create a Plot,” but I’d love to see something about incorporating theme some time. 🙂

MattScudder
16 years ago

I checked the plot button, but if the finish the book one includes your revision techniques, I could really use that one more at the moment since I’ll have a first draft to tear apart pretty soon and rewriting has always been a challenge for me.

Nandini
16 years ago

Storyshowing wins for me, hands down. In my current novel, I decided to focus on surprise and suspense in every single scene… I’ve ended up with a plot twistier than my incredibly curly hair. NOT what I wanted.

What I would like to learn is how to tell that awesome story I have in my head, how not to spill the whole secret in chapter 2, how to draw the tension out into a thin, taut wire without snapping it.

Rick
16 years ago

Ack, that should have said “someone who is not ME”.

Rick
16 years ago

It was a close call for me between the World and Finish-the-damn-sucker Clinics. In the end, I voted for World, just because I am so, so interested in how (and how much) someone who is not might go about setting the scene.

TJ
TJ
16 years ago

I’d like to buy all the clinics you offer, but as I’m just starting a novel at the current moment, I’d like the information available in the order that you would use it.

P.S. I preordered Night Echoes, and I buy How to Watch Paint Dry, if you wrote it. You are a master, IMHO.

shawna
16 years ago

I voted for the World clinic, but I want the Plot clinic nearly as much…

12
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x