About & Guidelines
About the Blog:
In the fashion of ScriptMedic and cohort, this blog is here to answer questions about how to structure your story, and develop your narrative, and themes. If youāve got your research, and youāve got your plot, and then youāre stuck on how to make it fit together, or how to use your awesome research, then this is the blog for you!
This blog can provide assistance from simple tips regarding writing itself, through to recommendations for further reading and research. If Iām able I will provide links to relevant texts, or at least attempt to provide ways to find them.
Guidelines for Asking:
FIRST! An important note: I will not read your manuscript!
MS reading is time-intensive and is the sort of thing better left to dedicated beta readers or paid editors, please do not submit part/ all of your MS, and ask me to ātell you whatās wrong with itā or āhelp fix itā.
Sending your ask:
ask box is preferred! Submit box is available if you absolutely canāt fit your question into the ask
Iāll be keeping messenger open in case I need to ask clarifying questions, but I would prefer that initial questions NOT be sent via messenger.
Youāll probably need to put 1-2 sentences of context about your story, and ask about the specific issue youāre having difficulty with
Generally speaking, the more specific your question is the better I will be able to help you ā figure out the area that youāre having difficulty with and ask about that in particular. Sending a long rehash of your MS and then simply asking how to make it work is impossible to answer. Tell me what You think the problem youāre having is, and we can work from there.
As this blog grows, there will no doubt be posts related to troubles youāre having, Iāll be making sure to keep up a consistent tagging system so that all previous posts should be simple to find, simply head to the navigation page and look to see if your question has already been answered. If it hasnāt? Then ask away! If Iāve answered something similar to the question you have but havenāt quite hit the nail on the head? Ask away!
Also, you might notice that Iāll often advise people to read certain texts, or recommend stories, shows, films, novels, etc that are similar to what theyāre working on. Reading is the best practice for writing, youāll learn a lot about writing by reading attentively, and it is a process ā all writing is a process! Thereās no quick fix or cheat sheet that will work for everyone.
If you must send a question longer than the ask box allows, use a browser to access:
www.scriptstructure.tumblr/submit
About the Blogger:
My name is Mason and Iām all about character and narrative development, Iāll be doing my best to try and work through the thorny problems that come with the writing part of writing!
I have a degree in Creative Writing, a minor in English Literature, and an honours degree in Creative Writing (thesis focused on character structure and narrative). Iāve lectured on Character development in adaptation, and Iāve taught general creative writing, as well as writing for the stage.
I have several short stories published, as well as a self published novella, you can find my personal/ author blog [HERE]


























