Turning Points and Plot Points
All story structures include turning points and plot points. Whether it has seven, seventeen or twenty-four chapters, somewhere in that […]
Structure
Posts on story structure
Avoiding Prologues and Exposition
Can you write certain genres while avoiding prologues and exposition? So many prologues, so little time… to get the reader
How to End a Chapter
After sentences, paragraphs, and scenes, the next question is how to end a chapter? A vital building block in delivering
Bridging Scenes Don’t Exist
Controversial opinion coming up: bridging scenes don’t exist. The notion of a ‘bridging scene’ came from a comment on a
How to Structure a Scene
As the link between individual sentences and whole chapters, you have to know how to structure a scene. Because scenes
More Scenes in Each Chapter
Working through a reverse outline of Book One, I’m breaking down the action of the novel as part of the
Three Acts or Four?
How many parts to a satisfying story: three ‘acts’ or four? You can artificially break stories into three, or four
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