There are many stories that don't fit the hero’s journey. For example, the movies Psycho and The Princess Bride. And that's great! ...

The Hero's Journey Over the years I've written quite a bit about story structure. So much in fact that I resolved not to do a...

When I was a kid I had absolutely NO idea how to write an entertaining story. I wish someone had whispered the phrase “story arc” in ...

I'm finishing my series on setting today! Yes! I'm excited. Finally I'm getting to the material I've wanted to talk abo...

PJ Reece in How to Create a Story Structure to Die For writes that a story is really made up of two stories and a middle. What happens a...

Today I'm going to do what I promised yesterday and step us through the rest of our five paragraph summary of the journey of your Her...

This is a continuation of my series on the Starburst Method: - T he Starburst Method: What It Is And What It Can Do - The Starburst M...

I have a problem. For the past two years or so, every time I set out to write a short story—something under 5,000 words—I fail miserably. ...