In the video, Angela demonstrates how she makes particularly difficult editing on individual lines to ensure they flow cleanly with maximum clarity and punch.
In this lesson, Angela examines the climax and black moment of Arcane Deception. She discusses techniques for writing climactic fights, and talks about how to create a climax that hits hard and drives a reader to the edge of their seat.
Here are some other resources you may find helpful.
Some Resources for cover creation
Photoshop
Gimp (Free and Open Source Image Editor)
Daz Studio (CGI Art Program)
Stock Photo Sources
Adobe Stock
Neo Stock for Cover Design
ShutterStock
Artists (Note that I haven’t checked these...
In this lesson, Angela Knight dissects the midpoint of Arcane Deception, and explains why she made the choices she did to set up the climax and build momentum to the end of the book.
If you have any questions - please ask them here. I hope the grid is clear and makes sense. You don’t need to make your grid as detailed as I did— I wanted to flesh it out for you.
After I grid out a book, I then do a detailed job fleshing it out, like the chapter by chapter outline I’ll be...
In this lesson, Angela discusses the many uses of a strong, well-developed antagonist -- and some pitfalls to avoid. She talks about the use of a psychic wound to motivate the antagonist's actions, making them three-dimensional rather than a cartoon villain.
Here's the character sheet for Arcane Deception. I suggest you download it and refer to it as you watch the video.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Character sheet for download is attached to this post. Let me know if you have any questions! You’ll find the lesson easier to follow if you follow along with the document.
I know this video was on the long side, but I also gave some information that might be useful in terms of how to decide which ideas work and which ones don't. Please let me know here if you have any questions. On Tuesday and Thursday, you can also write me with sample scenes of up to 2,000 words...
In this lesson, I'm discussing conflict and character creation. For those who've taken my classes before, I've updated my character creation sheet because I realized something about internal conflict and psychic wounds that I'd been fuzzy about. So please download this Revised May 2023 sheet...
Hi, folks. Here's the Character Sheet and the character sheet I filled out for Arcane Deception for you to refer to.
Do you all have any questions? Does all this make sense?
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