Let’s talk about strong story openings.  I’ve been writing a series of blog posts on Lester Dent’s Short Story Structure  and realized that ...

Mythcreants is fast becoming one of my favorite blogs. Chris Winkle’s articles have the enviable quality of being both witty and inf...

It seems to me that there are six general ways to open a story. The first way, as I discussed last week, is with description . The sec...

Openings are frustrating. At least for me. So much is riding on them. Often, if you don’t catch your reader’s interest with the first...

There are many blogs that give good advice on the art and craft of writing. They have wonderful articles on story structure, finding you...