How to Choose Your Story’s Structure webinar with Beth Barany
It’s easy to get blocked if you’re attempting to use a story structure that doesn’t work for the kind of story you want to tell and for the kind of writer you are. When...
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The Shape of Stories by Kay Keppler
The Shape of Stories can be graphed. At least that is what Kurt Vonnegut thought and AI is confirming.
Trees, Forests, and A Bird’s Eye View by Nevada McPherson
It’s the end of the summer and the rough draft phase in the development of my novel. It’s also the beginning of rewrites, revisions, and serious editing. And getting a bird’s eye view of the story.
So You Want to Write a Novel by Kay Keppler
If you want to want to write a novel, but the idea of writing a 100,000-word novel overwhelms you, start by thinking and planning your story in acts. Lots of ways to do that…
Tighten Up Your Story’s Sagging Middle by Tinthia Clemant
Tighten Up Your Story’s Sagging Middle – I’m not referring to the end result of inviting Ben and Jerry over every night of the week. I’m referring to fixing your manuscript’s middle sag.
Course: Story Structure: Essential Building Blocks of Your Craft
For the second year in a row, I’ll teach “Story Structure: An Essential Building Blocks of Your Craft Title” as an online email course. Here’s the details! Hope to see you there!
The Three-Act Story Structure: A Framework that Keeps Your Story Moving by Tinthia Clement
Hollywood got it right a long time ago and it’s works printed books, and now eBooks as well: the best story structure is when a story has a beginning, middle, and end.
It’s All in the Journey by Nevada McPherson
This week I’ve been discussing story structure with my classes and it started me thinking about how the steps of the Hero’s Journey might look if I were to try and trace those steps through my own life.
We may be wired for story, but do we know how stories are structured? by Beth Barany
We may be wired for story, but we often don’t understand its structure or how a story is put together. The good news is story lives in us unconsciously. The other good news is...
The Right Story Structure Can Spark Your Creativity
One of the most common questions I get from fiction writers is, “Where do I begin?” The writer is overwhelmed, feeling lost, and maybe very frustrated. They have a story in them, but nowhere...
Editing and Story Structure: An Incomplete List of Books
If you want to read some books on editing and story structure, here’s a list for you — by no means complete. If you have favorite books to help you with editing and story...
Avoid Construction Accidents: Building Book Structure One Scene at a Time
Let’s say that you know who your story’s characters are, and you know what they’ll be doing—you have a plot. Now it’s time to write your story. And like many writers, you’ll be sitting there in front of your keyboard and monitor, staring at a blank page, and sweating blood. Where to begin?
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