[ This is Part Two of a mini-series on good storytelling. This part can be read on its own, but if you would like to read Part One it is her...

First, a caveat. In the following I say things about ‘all X,’ for example, ‘all main characters,’ but of course statements like that are gen...

My Dad was an amazing storyteller. Because of him, I’ve spent a lifetime thinking about stories, thinking about whether there’s something th...

What makes a story seem real? What gives it verisimilitude? I'm trying out a new idea or perhaps just putting a twist on an old one. I&#...

I have started journaling again. I kept a diary when I was a teenager, but then my diary mysteriously disappeared and I lost interest in the...

"... the job of fiction is to find the truth inside the story’s web of lies ...", Stephen King What is writing? Stephen King has a...

What is Free Indirect Discourse and why should you care? Do you have a favorite author, one who is able to grab you on the first page, immer...

In my last post I talked about The Call to Adventure .  Today I want to talk about a very important part of any story: the hero’s descent in...