I have ended up where I was probably heading all along, the geek’s delight and the nerd’s best friend. I decided to use the spreadsheet in Google Docs.
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So, I turned to the corkboard interface that Scrivener offers. I know that some writers adore this feature of Scrivener, especially when it comes to plotting and revision. This is what my effort looked like. Well, I have to confess that I didn’t think it was possible to write an 85,000 word first draft in eight weeks, including one week of plotting. I mostly have NaNoWriMo to thank for it plus a bunch of books about writing, a truckload of great novels I’ve read, a writing course or two, and many hours at the keyboard. Nevertheless, I’m surprised. Think of this as Mark Twain’s 18 rules of writing. I’m just glad he’s not around to read my writing! In the final installment of my plot analysis of Dracula, by Bram Stoker, we follow our heroes from the end of Act 2 to the exciting climax of this classic Gothic, horror, thriller. It isn’t all that often that you get a glimpse into the mind of the author, especially the author of a classic like Dracula. Luckily, though, Bram Stoker was a list maker. Below is a transcription of his hand written note listing the characters in Dracula. Although Bram Stoker’s name is nearly synonymous with the famous vampire character that he created for Dracula, the novel that I’m analyzing for the plot structure of a thriller, I’ll bet you didn’t know that he never gave up his day job. For the several years that he performed research into eastern European folklore and mythology–and [...] To quickly recap Part 1 and Part 2 of this plot analysis of Dracula, Bram Stoker’s vampire classic, we are now well into the second act, having met our protagonist (Jonathan Harker), antagonist (Count Dracula), many of the supporting characters and allies (Dr. Seward, Quincey Morris, Mina Harker, Lucy, Renfield). The action has shifted from Transylvania to England, as has Dracula, and we know that Lucy and Mina are in danger. In the scenes below, we move further into the middle part of the novel, Act 2, and watch as Stoker builds the tension. |
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