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?
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 the Inciting Incident?
With storytelling, if your reader isn’t engaged within the first few chapters, you run the risk of losing their attention. So, what […]
Your Writing Guide for Falling Action
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 […]
Permission to Write Your Truth
What is the Truth of your story? OK, you’ve outlined your story and you’re getting ready to write your first draft. But […]
Outlining: The Dramatic Question
Your characters are a function of the plot, archetypes that constellate around the dramatic question. Story is essentially an argument with the […]
Blind Spots in Your Story
It is human to have blind spots, and often convenient to be in denial about certain aspects of ourselves. This is natural, […]
What Happens Next?
The first step in creating a fully alive story is imagining the world. This simply means envisioning your characters in relation to […]
Story Structure as an Experiential Model
There is a structure to the universe. From the smallest atom to the forces that move the planets, there is a universal […]
Story Structure
Story structure is often taught by story analysts as plot, but it is really the DNA of our protagonist’s internal journey to […]
