- Don’t use repetition in writing
- Create two parallel stories
- Build up each story and switch at the climax
- Use action lines to set the tone and pace
- Treat the scene like a funnel (Start with subject end with the point
- Subplot character (Character forwards protagonist through similar experiences)
- Use present tense
- Three C’s (Clear, concise creative) in description and dialogue
- Make everything meaningful to the character or story