Plotting

‘Starting the story in the middle’: that’s the Latin term in medias res. The Greek playwrights understood it well. Don’t

Storyboard artist Emma Coats compiled a list on Twitter of Pixar’s twenty-two rules of storytelling. It’s not a new list

The notion of final-third frenzy comes from a Reedsy webinar The Top Suspense Novel Pitfalls. Taking the broad category of

I set out to write one book and found myself planning a series. I’m defining a series as a number

There is no story without conflict: when opposing values and viewpoints clash head-to-head. Without conflict, there is nothing to overcome.