tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637356.post117198426733673274..comments2021-08-30T04:57:34.441-05:00Comments on Chronicling the Novel: Redrawing the LinesAdrian Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531355795873701197noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637356.post-1172424890868293432007-02-25T12:34:00.000-05:002007-02-25T12:34:00.000-05:00Tausend Dank, Gabriele! Ich habe auch eine Intern...Tausend Dank, Gabriele! Ich habe auch eine Internetsuche gemacht, und einige Sites gefunden, die es klarer gemacht haben. Danke nochmals!Adrian Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531355795873701197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637356.post-1172342972943228592007-02-24T13:49:00.000-05:002007-02-24T13:49:00.000-05:00Adrian, ich denke, das Standardbuch ist immer noch...Adrian, ich denke, das Standardbuch ist immer noch Volker Klotz, <I>Geschlossene und offene Form im Drama</I>, München 1969 (10. revidierte Auflage 1980).<BR/><BR/>Ich habe mich allerdings seit etwas zehn Jahren auf mittelalterliche Literatur spezialisiert, und bin nicht mehr auf dem laufenden was Neuerscheinungen in der modernen Literaturwissenschaft anbetrifft.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637356.post-1172325029011538532007-02-24T08:50:00.000-05:002007-02-24T08:50:00.000-05:00Thank you each for your comments!Gabriele, als Stu...Thank you each for your comments!<BR/><BR/>Gabriele, als Student in einem meiner vorigen Leben habe ich auch einige Theaterstuecke von Schiller gelesen, die mir sehr gefallen habe. Als Schriftsteller habe ich aber leider nichts ueber die 5-Akt-Struktur gelernt, wie ich sie selber benutzen koennte. Was ich von der 3-Akt-Struktur verstehe, habe ich in grossen Mengen aus Buechern ueber Hollywood-Drehbuecher gelernt (Mittelpunkt, Wendepunkte, usw.). Ich bin sehr neugierig, wie man (oder Frau) die 5-Akt-Struktur benutzt. Gibt es Websites mit dieser Auskunft? Koenntest du einige Buecher empfehlen? Danke im voraus.<BR/><BR/>[For the non-German-speaking, I asked Gabriele if she can recommend websites or books that detail how a writer can use the five-act structure.]<BR/><BR/>Susan, very nice hearing from you! Yes, I'm much better now and have written a bunch this past week. Good to be back at it and enjoying it. Aloha!<BR/><BR/>Romancewriter, your situation sounds a lot like what I experienced for many years as I struggled to complete manuscript after manuscript without success. I always got lost in the second act and could never bridge the middle. The articles by Alicia Rasley really helped me last year, and many books on writing also have this information. Even though I knew the stuff, it still hadn't really sunk in. I had to internalize it, train myself to think in story terms, in three-act-structure terms, in order to finally see my way through all the plot details in my head to an underlying pattern that worked, that would carry me through the writing process. At least I can say after years of struggle that I finally got there! There is hope! Check out the articles, if you haven't already ("Must-Read Articles" link on the main page.) Good luck with your plotting!Adrian Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531355795873701197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637356.post-1172004995833356032007-02-20T15:56:00.000-05:002007-02-20T15:56:00.000-05:00I see most of my novels as five act structures (ex...I see most of my novels as five act structures (except <I>The Charioteer</I> and <I>Eagle of the Sea</I> which follow the Hero's Journey pattern)- I've read too much Schiller and Racine, lol. <BR/><BR/>The reason is probably that I like the approach to have a MC-representant each for both parties, which lends to the five act structure more easily. Fe. in <I>Caledonia Defiant</I> I have two plotlines, the one of Talorcan, and the one of Horatius Ravilla which will meet once, get separated again and will meet a second time. It's more complicated than a simple antag or villain relationship (those would be Muirtholoic and Valerius Messala). The same structure I'm going to use in the Visigoth novel where the MCs are half-brothers on different sides, and one of the antags starts out as Idamantes' lover. In case of <I>A Land Unconquered</I> it's more complicated because the MCs' plotlines start together and then get separated and the MCs get thrown into different parties, but the double plotline still works better with a five act schema.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637356.post-1172032322925110802007-02-20T23:32:00.000-05:002007-02-20T23:32:00.000-05:00It's good to read that you are feeling better and ...It's good to read that you are feeling better and back to work on your novel. <BR/><BR/>With Aloha,<BR/>SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637356.post-1172206576573725002007-02-22T23:56:00.000-05:002007-02-22T23:56:00.000-05:00I tend to have a really long first act and then ge...I tend to have a really long first act and then get lost the moment I start to work on the second.<BR/><BR/>This entry gave me something to think about.RomanceWriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920489469191764147noreply@blogger.com