Story structure

6 story structures, complete with story structure charts to help you create an original plot and outline your next novel.

The key event forces the main character to make a decision for action. This closes out Act 1 and moves us into the action of Act 2.

Scenes are the building blocks of stories—getting scene structure right is critical. In this blog, we further break down these building blocks of working scenes, with tips and tricks on how to fit your scenes to your story arc. #amwriting #writingcommunity

Confused by three-act structure? Discover its pros and cons and how to approach it so it empowers your creativity rather than stifles it.

A quick reference Infographic for all writers, whether you’re a plotter or plansters, to help guide you through your hero’s journey.

Writing is a difficult process that no one masters overnight. This go-to guide is set up to help new and experienced writers in the art of fantasy fiction. This guide will include (not in the order presented): - Writing a successful and enticing blurb - Creating that perfect fantasy cover - Coming up with that successful pitch - World Building - Map Making - Types of fantasy - Magic systems - Religion in fantasy - Prologue or not to prologue - Glossary, terminology, and language - Races both…

Learn how archetypes and story structure mirror each other in any individual book and can be used to further strengthen your story.

Kenn Adams’s story spine is a wonderfully simple and flexible backbone for creating or analysing stories. I learned it from Dan Klein at Stanford as a fun improvising game: standing in a circle each person in turn takes on the next step of the story spine making up what happens. You’ll effortlessly produce some fascinating and amusing stories. We would extend the middle section as many times as felt natural to lead to the climax. An optional extension to the original spine was to add a final…

Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard We begin our exploration of short story structure with a re-cap of the MACE quotient (Milieu, Ask/Answer, Character, Event). Then we apply that tool to ho…

A guide full of tips and tricks that hopefully doesn't recount the same old stuff in every other writing book under the sun, Wattpad and published alike. Covering everything from helpful resources like Susanna's Pacemaker to treating setting like character. Here's the link for all my shareable resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUDlQIY8NjF3T4_7oBEp_Aw6ftar65p9S4YQGHIr738/edit?usp=sharing