A Forum Of Opinions · 11:53am Aug 16th, 2015
Hello All!
After reading all the comments about my use of cliffhangers in Takes The Cake, I feel like I should explain myself a bit. After all, they're valid criticisms about the story. Now, I know that repeated cliffhangers aren't a good way to keep a story going, but my writing has always been like this:
1. Broad stroke planning (very loose arc descriptions and plot to resolution/ending)
2. Characterisation and dialogue
3. Detailing and exposition
4. Mechanical and stylistic cleanup
5. Publish
The Seven Chocolate Cake was loosely inspired by this:
There are some differences so I'll describe each layer below: