Three Acts or Four?
Most movies, TV shows and plays break down into the classic three-act structure. There’s a debate about books, however; should […]
Structure
Posts on story structure
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
What’s your Word Budget?
Master of short stories Mary Robinette Kowal delivered a guest lecture for Sanderson’s 2020 course which raised the interesting question:
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
Story in Seventeen Chapters
Writers recommend many different story structures including the classic story in seventeen chapters. It’s built around the Fichtean curve and