Comments on: #NaNoWriMo: Rules of Three (Dirty Trick #2)

By: You Can Break Every Rule – doyce testerman

You Can Break Every Rule – doyce testerman — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:18:21 +0000

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By: You Can Break Every Rule – doyce testerman

You Can Break Every Rule – doyce testerman — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:18:21 +0000

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By: More on the Descriptions: the When and Why – doyce testerman

More on the Descriptions: the When and Why – doyce testerman — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:58:45 +0000

[...] know what I’m going to say. Initially, three key facts. No one will remember more than three anyway, so they’ll cherrypick from a longer list, and [...]

By: On Descriptions and Breathing – doyce testerman

On Descriptions and Breathing – doyce testerman — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:46:12 +0000

[...] having started with that assumption, I kind of waved my hands about, muttered something about Zelazny’s Rule of Three, and said I’d try to think of something more to say [...]

By: The Compiled NaNoWriMo Posts – doyce testerman

The Compiled NaNoWriMo Posts – doyce testerman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:48:24 +0000

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By: TERRIBLEMINDS: Chuck Wendig, Freelance Penmonkey » Blog Archive » Repeat After Me, Writers: “No Unitaskers”

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:03:03 +0000

[...] remains true, I think. Further, I think Doyce’s advice of the Rule of Threes is a good guideline to follow. Less is more and all [...]

By: kt literary » Blog Archive » Twitter Advice

kt literary » Blog Archive » Twitter Advice — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:04:48 +0000

[...] none in queries, pls. RT @doycet Rules of 3 http://bit.ly/2z5L5h for #NaNoWriMo: Only 3 exclamations points per story, all in dialogue. Rexroth is blogging [...]

By: Frankie

Frankie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:48:39 +0000

My characters sigh, look, and shrug a lot. One book’s draft one had so many sighs, one critique partner said she felt like she was hyperventilating. That…uh, was bad.

Oh, and in the book I’m writing now, in the dialogue, no one finishes a complete sentence. I have a LOT of dashes in this version. They might not stay… don’t know.

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:43:07 +0000

Sighs rate right up there with shrugs. My character sighs all the time. Oh, and blinks.

By: Doyce

Doyce — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:52 +0000

Three shrugs a story? Oh hell no.

Last revision I did of the book I just sent off, I think I was averaging something like a shrug every five pages for the length of the book, before edits.

Maybe “three shrugs a chapter.”