The three parts of story
According to William Gass (not sure where I originally saw this)
- Impulse
- Intentional act
- Consequences
Write a draft
“It’s okay to write the book you want, before you write the version you submit.”
Rachael Herron
Revision
If you revise too much, you grow married to a scene or passage and can’t let go of it if it doesn’t fit.
Rachael Herron
Profluence
…our sense, as we read, that we’re getting somewhere
John Gardner, The Art of Fiction
