The Compass (One Year Adventure Novel)

Lessons

• 1 The Heroic Quest
• 2 Point of View
• 3 The Synopsis
• 4 The Five Elements of Story
• 5 Someone to Care About
• 6 Someone to Care About, pt 2
• 7 Something to Want
• 8 Something to Want, pt 2
• 9 Something to Want, pt 3
• 10 Something to Dread
• 11 Something to Dread, pt 2
• 12 Something to Dread, pt 3
• 13 Something to Suffer
• 14 Something to Suffer, pt 2
• 15 Something to Suffer, pt 3
• 16 Something to Learn
• 17 Something to Learn, pt 2
• 18 Something to Learn, pt 3
• 19 The Supporting Cast
• 20 The Villain
• 21 Synopsis, pt 2
• 22 Conflict
• 23 Disaster
• 24 Dilemma
• 25 Acts & Scenes
• 26 The Four Defining Chapters
• 27 Chapter One: The Inciting Incident
• 28 Chapter Three: Embracing Destiny
• 29 Chapter Nine: The Black Moment
• 30 Chapter Eleven: The Showdown
• 31 The Novel Outline: Formulas, Plots, and Subplots
• 32 Chapter Two: Promises, Prophecies, Predicaments
• 33 Chapter Four: The New World
• 34 Chapter Five: The Middle Cycle
• 35 Chapter Six: Failure
• 36 Chapter Seven: Lessons
• 37 Chapter Eight: Achievement & Atonement
• 38 Chapter Ten: The Coming Storm
• 39 Chapter Twelve: Denouement
• 40 How to Write a Chapter
• 41 Creating Emotion
• 42 The Illusion of Reality
• 43 Summary (Telling)
• 44 Detail (Showing)
• 45 Narrative Order
• 46 Dialog
• 47 Gestures
• 48 To Be or Not to Be
• 49 Too Many Modifiers
• 50 Sliding Eyes & Grasping Hands
• 51 Symbols
• 52 Flashbacks
• 53 I Saw, I Heard
• 54 Raising the Stakes
• 55 What's Likely to Go Wrong?
• 56 Falling Bodies (What to do when stuck)
• 57 The Character Interview
• 58 Setting
• 59 Character Masks
• 60 Character Handles
• 61 Unexpected Humor
• 62 Unexpected Tragedy
• 63 Unexpected Grace
• 64 Cliches
• 65 Irony
• 66 Cliffhangers
• 67 Voice
• 68 Transparency
• 69 Double Disasters
• 70 Writing the Climax
• 71 Setups & Payoffs
• 72 Deus ex Machina
• 73 Loose Ends
• 74 Parting Words
• 75 Revision & Rewriting
• 76 Revising by Verb
• 77 Formatting Your Manuscript
• 78 Sharing & Publishing Your Novel