Screenplay Structure
Screenplay structure allows a writer to investigate their characters and theme and get to the heart of where they exist in story.
The Pantser Method: Writing Without an Outline
Learn how to hone your strengths as a "pantser." Discovery-based writers often succeed with creative freedom and spontaneity, but successful narratives still require an underlying structure of character transformation to avoid losing direction.
How to Outline Your Novel in 5 Steps
Each writer has their own process. Some writers (often called pantsers) believe that outlining their novel limits their creativity, while others require […]
How to Write an Effective Resolution
All stories must eventually come to a conclusion, or “resolution.” As an author, your job is to ensure that the plot threads […]
Exposition: “Where should my story begin?”
For some writers, just getting the story started is the toughest part. There’s so much you want to say, but you have […]
What is Rising Action? How to Elevate Your Plot
Rising action refers to the series of events that lead from a story’s inciting incident to the climax. In this article, we […]
What is an Inciting Incident? The Story Moment That Changes Everything
With storytelling, if your reader isn’t engaged within the first few chapters, you run the risk of losing their attention. So, what […]
Falling Action: The Bridge Between Climax and Resolution
What happens after a story’s climactic moment? What comes after the protagonist wins the girl, or defeats the bully, or triumphs over […]
How to Write a Compelling Climax
The climax. This is the moment your reader has been waiting for. They’ve spent hours immersed in your story, falling in love […]
Story: A Journey of Self-Discovery
Story is always a journey of self-discovery “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates Embarking on a creative endeavor, especially […]
The Value of an Outline
What’s the point of an outline? Whether consciously or not, every writer is in search of a process. A lot of writers […]
The Necessity of an Outline
“The outline is 95% of the book. Then I sit down to write, and that’s the easy part.” – Jefferey Deaver Many […]
