I’ve been thinking about horror stories, about what elements are common to the genre. I had intended to do this all in one post, but it has ...

Introductions are important.  Do you remember the first time you introduced your Significant Other to a parent? There are few things in life...

Today I continue my series on how to create a memorable character.  In my last post ( How to Write a Genre Story: Character Introduction: Ex...

In a previous post, How to Write a Genre Story: Characters: An Introduction to Character Tags , I talked about why tags are important for ch...

In the last few posts I’ve discussed a story’s setting. Today I want to discuss a story’s setting and how it changes in the context of the h...

This post is a continuation of yesterday's post BUT in what follows I don't talk about horror stories. Alas. Horror stories are ver...

( FYI, this post is part of my How to Write a Genre Story series. By rights I should have titled it How to Write a Genre Story: Setting and ...

The other day I wrote about James Patterson (see: 7 Tips From James Patterson For Writing Suspenseful Prose ). I learned a lot about th...

Every story has a unique structure; no one structure fits them all. That would be boring. Good writing, good stories, may be a lot of t...

Writing a story is great. Writing a story that sells is even better. The quality of a book obviously influences how well it will sell....