Check out my 5 tips for your story plot below. Deliver a story your audience loves.
YOUR WRITE SPARK YOUR WRITE SPARK is a start-up guide for budding fiction writers that covers the fundamentals of igniting a story idea into a rough draft. So you want to write a story? Then you’ve come to the right place. Your Write Spark covers all the fundamentals a writer ... READ MORE
Master the art of crafting a captivating Inciting Event in your story. Explore its significance and discover techniques to make it impactful.
The Act Two slump is REAL—but fortunately there IS a formula you can use that's useful without being prescriptive. In this blog we break it down, using THE HUNGER GAMES to prove how it works!
When writing a novel, conflict is the name of the game. However, conflict alone isn’t enough here—instead, you need a conflict with stakes. The question is, how do you raise the stakes of your novel, even in the slower moments of your plot? Well, the key is to leverage four simple storytelling tricks! • Ticking Time Bombs • Red Herrings • Dramatic Irony • A Personal Connection
Story plotting and structure provide a way to give your storytelling scope in a systematic writing process. Learn more.
Create a story Catalyst that challenges your character’s internal flaw and sets up the course of events that is about to change their life forever.
Coming up with novel ideas can be challenging, especially if you are writing a series and have already used some of your best. Here's a helpful exercise.
We pulled up to the gate at Utah’s Arches National Park in an imprudent touring vehicle: a loaded U-Haul van. This would be our only sightseeing detour on the trek that would take my sister from he…
This blog explains how it's possible for crime fiction authors to plan and write more than one novel a year with some very careful planning!
As an aspiring writer, I spent countless nights staring at a blank screen, overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of bringing my stories to life. I had incredible ideas—heroes with heart, villains with depth, and worlds so vivid they played like movies in my mind. Yet, every attempt to translate them onto the page ended up
Jami Gold's Writing Worksheets: Help for all writers, from newbies to experts and from plotters to pantsers.
Whilst reading The Rumour, I realised I could model my own book idea on its structure. This blog explains how to deconstruct a novel to write your own.
Fiction University is a site dedicated to helping writers and authors improve their writing craft and their publishing careers.
6 story structures, complete with story structure charts to help you create an original plot and outline your next novel.
I love the Hero’s Journey. Finding it was my ‘rays of sunshine coming through the clouds’ moment. After quite a while of just wri...
Whether you're outlining or editing, here are four questions you can ask to help identify, rectify, or prevent plot holes.
