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...

The first murder victim is unique. Of course talking about a first victim assumes there will be more than one murder victim. True. Bu...

I know I’ve touched on this in a couple of previous posts. To be honest, there’s an old story I’ve written, one I love, but I know the s...

I find that when I write, as in life, I need to know where I’m going in order to get there. Yesterday I tackled the first key story scen...

I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose . —Stephen King Welcome to NaNoWriMo  madness! Every day this...

I’m slowly worming (bookworming!) my way through Robert McKee’s epic book on life and writing, “Story,” and have come to what I think ...

Something I've been meaning to write about for a while is the difference between the Inciting Incident and the Call to Adventure. ...