Three Acts or Four?
How many parts to a satisfying story: three ‘acts’ or four? You can artificially break stories into three, or four […]
Story Arcs, Pacing and Plotting
It’s my new obsession, analyzing the story arcs, pacing and plotting in everything from books to TV shows to commercials.
Writing to Market
If I were smarter, I’d be writing to market; cranking out books targeted to best-selling trends. Right now, that’s Romantasy
The Legacy of the Rings
What I call Tolkein’s Legacy of the Rings doesn’t kick-start the fantasy genre. It originates in the roots of story
A re-boot for 2021
The website has a re-boot for 2021. This is mainly to re-focusing on writing and creativity. There’s a whole stack
Sanderson’s Free Writing Course Online
We’re currently watching Brandon Sanderson’s Free Writing Course online. Fantasy author Sanderson‘s 2020 BYU Lecture Series – Writing Science Fiction
‘Word Matters’ from 5-Live
BBC radio launches ‘Word Matters’ from 5-Live this month, a campaign focused on the estimated 9 million adults in the
In Medias Res
‘Starting the story in the middle’: that’s the Latin term in medias res. The Greek playwrights understood it well. Don’t
ProWritingAid Crime Writer’s Week 2021
This week I’m attending the ProWritingAid Crime Writer’s Week 2021. Not because I’m crafting a police procedural or whodunnit, or
Seven Elements of Story Structure
Another way to think about plot is Joe Nassise’s Seven Elements of Story Structure. Last seen at [2022’s] Plot Forest