Do you ever re-read your old blog posts? That's what I've been doing (and, inexplicably, I've been doing it while re-watching...

I was going to take a break from talking about story structure but I came across a fabulous post by Chris Winkle over at Mythcreants, “ ...

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...

Last time I broke the structure of short stories into six discrete parts:  1. Setup 2. First Complication 3. New Plan 4. Maj...

Let’s talk about story structure.  When I read a story or watch a film I always try to identify where I am in the story’s structure...

This is the third in a series of articles I'm writing on Lester Dent's Master Fiction Formula . Even though Dent wrote his form...

A beginning writer recently asked for advice on how to write a short story. My answer to her query was far too long for her post but I...

Lester Dent's Formula For Writing A 6,000 Word Short Story Lester Dent writes: "This is a formula, a master plot, fo...

I wrote about the structure of short stories yesterday so I normally wouldn't do another post on story structure but today Janice Hard...

Yesterday I read a fascinating article written by Ferrett Steinmetz , an accomplished author and slush pile reader, about what he looks f...