I’ve been reading Deborah Chester’s excellent book on Story Structure: The Fantasy Fiction Formula . Have you ever read any of the boo...

So far our story has set a fairly quick pace. We’ve introduced the setting and the protagonist. We’ve introduced the protagonist’s a...

Today I discuss Jack Bickham's advice about how to transform your story ideas into a novel. All quotations are from Mr. Bickham'...

I finally published the first episode of my book on writing: Parts of Story: Plot ! To celebrate, and to say a big, huge, massive t...

Jim Butcher describes a scene as the place "where all the plot in your book happens. Any time your character is actively pursuing ...

What do we mean by "narrative setting"? It's simple: the setting is where the events of the story take place. The story worl...