Scene Structure in Fiction
What is scene structure in fiction? It’s exactly the same as the structure for the chapter and for the whole […]
Structure
Posts on story structure
Murphy’s Twenty-four Chapter Structure
Four books in progress and the main crutch is Derek Murphy’s twenty-four chapter structure holding them all together. Without structure,
Three Acts or Four?
How many parts to a satisfying story: three ‘acts’ or four? You can artificially break stories into three, or four
MICE, Fractals and Budgets
Following Mary Robinette Kowal’s guest lecture for Sanderson’s 2020 course, we started looking at Word Budgets. Let’s go further with
Thirty-eight Elements of Story
While I don’t use Fictionary‘s software tool itself, I’ve learned to construct the grandmother of spreadsheets to track their editing
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