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Susannah Waters | Story Work

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SMALL PARTS
SMALL PARTS
Susannah WatersApril 30, 2025editing, secondary characters, supporting characters, character gridComment
Venn
Venn
Susannah WatersNovember 12, 2024Comment
NUB
NUB
Susannah WatersNovember 4, 2024 Comment
It’ll never happen.
It’ll never happen.
Susannah WatersOctober 31, 2024 Comment
Time Table
Time Table
Susannah WatersFebruary 27, 2024timeline, Time in Fiction, gutters, Matt Bell, Back Story, FlashbacksComment
Lemon Drizzle
Lemon Drizzle
Susannah WatersFebruary 22, 2024Rick Rubin, Philip Pullman, subjectivity in fiction, omniscient narrator, Daemon Voices, Points of view, story writing, story workComment
Where Am I?
Where Am I?
Susannah WatersSeptember 1, 2023Getting lost, Story work, story structure, organic structure, Craig Mazin, Scriptnotes, John August, cart before horse in story structureComment
The One Where...
The One Where...
Susannah WatersMarch 9, 2023scene list, finishing your novel, how much is there left to write?, final stages of novel, novel planningComment
Family Therapy
Family Therapy
Susannah WatersMarch 9, 2023character development, characters make plots, plotting, character relationships, character arcsComment
Such a Lonely Word
Such a Lonely Word
Susannah WatersNovember 15, 2022honesty in writing, george saunders, ernest hemingway, true sentences, Cause and EffectComment
No Problem
No Problem
Susannah WatersNovember 9, 2022story problems, story engines, External Plot Problems, Internal Plot barriers, Character Misbeliefs, Story WorkComment
ACTION!
ACTION!
Susannah WatersApril 20, 2022actions, story structure, first drafts, Cause and Effect, Writing Exercises, Joined-up StoryComment
Starting Out
Starting Out
Susannah WatersFebruary 11, 2022Comment
This Scene is Called...
This Scene is Called...
Susannah WatersFebruary 11, 2022scene work, story structure, character arc, actors and writersComment
Says Who?
Says Who?
Susannah WatersFebruary 11, 2022George Saunders, George Saunders story club, point of view, bias in fiction, subjectivity in fictionComment
Writing for Pleasure
Writing for Pleasure
Susannah WatersSeptember 28, 2021free writing, writing for pleasure, exciting storytelling, writers block, excite yourself Comment
Empowering the Reader
Empowering the Reader
Susannah WatersJuly 6, 2021discovery, empowering readers, ishiguro, too much explanation in writing Comment
Good Times
Good Times
Susannah WatersMay 17, 2021 Comment
Significant Other
Significant Other
Susannah WatersApril 12, 2021story structure, antagonist, subplots, relationships in story structureComment
Any Questions ?
Any Questions ?
Susannah WatersMarch 7, 2021George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, structure, readers' questions, editingComment
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