To outline or not to outline. There are few questions more contentious in the writing world -- and writers (God bless us!) can be a rath...

Why care about plot elements? Because if all the elements of plot are in place--if they are clear and concrete--then you'll have a st...

A few days ago I wrote a post about how to use MS Excel to outline a novel. That post grew out of my own need for a visual structure, a w...