RULE 2. STATE THE UNITY OF THE WHOLE BOOK
The first several rules of reading a book analytically follow the same process of writing a book as suggested in the snowflake method.
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The Snowflake Method is more specific, but broadly similar to those who build out plot using index cards.
As examples, see Dustin Lance Black and Benjamin Rowland.
Link to - https://hypothes.is/a/043JIlv5Ee2_eMf1TTV7ig - https://hypothes.is/a/ibFMareUEe2bqSdWdE046g
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Ingermanson, Randy. “The Snowflake Method For Designing A Novel.” Advanced Fiction Writing, circa 2013. https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/articles/snowflake-method/.
Designing writing in ever more specific and increasing levels. Start with a logline, then a paragraph, then acts, etc.
Roughly the advice I've given many over the years based on screenplay development experience, but with a clever name based on the Koch snowflake.
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you only have to solve a limited set of problems, and so you can write relatively fast.
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