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Camp NaNoWriMo PREP // Freytag's Pyramid

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Channel: Kate Cavanaugh Writes · 2018 · People & Blogs

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Finally getting into story outlining! Also I forgot to say Preparch in this video, so I'm writing it here. [Timestamps belooooow!]

0:25 Why Freytag's Pyramid works best for me
0:44 WTF is Freytag's Pyramid anyways?
     1:01 About Exposition
     1:19 About the Inciting Incident and the 1st "Point of No Return"
     2:00 About Rising Action and making your characters suffer
     2:28 That climax though (and the 2nd Point of No Return)
     2:50 Falling Action, too
     3:06 The Resolution, The End, and the Final Point of No Return
3:44 On writing a series & Freytag's
4:11 Creating my own Freytag's Pyramid (for both stories! Since I am still indecisive...)
4:50 Questions for youuuuu!
5:05 Bloopahs

D I S C U S S I O N  Q U E S T I O N S :
How do you prep your story/outline your novel?
Before you start writing, do you usually know more about the beginning, middle, or end?

L I N K S  M E N T I O N E D :
Comprehensive Freytag's Pyramid (picture in video): https://losttotheaether.wordpress.com/2015/06/13/freytags-pyramid-vs-non-endings-in-storytelling/
Freytag's Pyramid for Harry Potter: http://studylib.net/doc/9781362/freytag-s-pyramid-assignment-model 
Freytag's Pyramid for Carrie: http://writinghorrorfiction.blogspot.com/2011/03/putting-freytags-pyramid-to-use-in.html

F I N D  M E  O N L I N E :
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Website: http://katecavanaugh.co/index.php/blog/
NaNoWriMo: https://nanowrimo.org/participants/writersgonnawrite-2784594

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