Yesterday a friend told me he needs to stop blogging. It was a shock, but I think it’s the right decision for him, and I strongly suspec...

Dan Harmon On Story Structure In Part 1 (YOU) everything was hunky-dory. Even if things weren’t perfect, the protagonist was comfort...

Dan Harmon On Story Structure Yesterday I introduced the bare bones of Dan Harmon’s story model: When YOU have a NEED you GO so...

Yesterday a friend sent me a link to Dan Harmon’s series of articles on story structure. I had no idea Harmon was passionate about story...

We’ve all heard the sayings: “Rewriting is the essence of writing,” William Zinsser  “The best writing is rewriting,” E.B. White ...

Sometimes we get stock for topics. To be fair, it’s not that we can’t think of anything to write about, it’s that we can’t think of anyt...

“When you exclude plot, when you exclude anyone’s wanting anything, you exclude the reader, which is a mean-spirited thing to do.” — K...

A few days ago I dragged my old (and by “old” I mean ancient) stories out from under my bed and read through them. A couple weren’t bad....

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, “ ...

When should we lay a story aside?  It’s a difficult question. I know, I’m struggling with it. Though I’ve finished other stories ov...