Comments on: Writing For High Stakes: Lessons Learnt From Dr Who http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2010/03/01/writing-for-high-stakes-lessons-learnt-from-dr-who/ Adventures in Writing, Publishing and Book Marketing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:56:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Australian Spec Fic blog carnival, March 2010 – The Word – According To Me http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2010/03/01/writing-for-high-stakes-lessons-learnt-from-dr-who/comment-page-1/#comment-4851 Australian Spec Fic blog carnival, March 2010 – The Word – According To Me Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:37:38 +0000 http://www.thecreativepenn.com/?p=4454#comment-4851 [...] resident Joanna Penn posts here about lessons learnt from Doctor Who. And who couldn’t learn a thing or two from the good [...] [...] resident Joanna Penn posts here about lessons learnt from Doctor Who. And who couldn’t learn a thing or two from the good [...]

]]> By: e.lee http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2010/03/01/writing-for-high-stakes-lessons-learnt-from-dr-who/comment-page-1/#comment-4686 e.lee Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:44:40 +0000 http://www.thecreativepenn.com/?p=4454#comment-4686 I have that Donald Maas book too! a tip from screenwriting also helps "No protagonist's story is better than its obstacles" I have that Donald Maas book too!

a tip from screenwriting also helps “No protagonist’s story is better than its obstacles”

]]> By: Brittany http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2010/03/01/writing-for-high-stakes-lessons-learnt-from-dr-who/comment-page-1/#comment-4674 Brittany Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:36:54 +0000 http://www.thecreativepenn.com/?p=4454#comment-4674 I definitely agree with this. James Scott Bell talks about stakes in his book, Plot and Structure, and so does Holly Lisle in one of her e-books, How to Write Page-Turning Scenes. A while ago I read the first two Hunger Games books. I was amazed at how I absolutely couldn't put them down. On a Friday night I read the first one for two hours straight, without looking up or thinking about anything else. (I finished it the next morning.) I tried to figure out how Suzanne Collins managed to do this. I found the same things that you did: the stakes were high, they were made personal and you loved the characters, and there were lots of cliffhangers. The lives of at least two people, including the narrator are at stake, and you come to love them like family. Now I just have to figure out how to get it into my own novels. :) I definitely agree with this. James Scott Bell talks about stakes in his book, Plot and Structure, and so does Holly Lisle in one of her e-books, How to Write Page-Turning Scenes.

A while ago I read the first two Hunger Games books. I was amazed at how I absolutely couldn’t put them down. On a Friday night I read the first one for two hours straight, without looking up or thinking about anything else. (I finished it the next morning.)

I tried to figure out how Suzanne Collins managed to do this. I found the same things that you did: the stakes were high, they were made personal and you loved the characters, and there were lots of cliffhangers. The lives of at least two people, including the narrator are at stake, and you come to love them like family.

Now I just have to figure out how to get it into my own novels. :)

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