3 Secrets About Story Scenes
Scenes are units of story that, when stacked together, make up a whole story. A scene happens in one time and space from one POV and must have a change arc. In this post, we are going to explore three Read more
Character Driven Vs Plot Driven (With Examples)
You may have heard the terms character driven and plot driven and assumed you knew what they meant, but this concept is harder to grasp than it seems. I originally thought I wrote character driven fantasies, but I’ve recently been Read more
Book Analysis: 15 Bullet Points For Every Chapter
After I finish my first draft of a book, I like to take a break and then come back with fresh eyes to do a book analysis before doing any rewriting. My analysis basically entails me rereading the book and Read more
5 Online Resources To Help Your Author Career
This week is going to seem a little random in topics, but I wanted to share five online resources that have helped me on my author career. These are tools for any part of your author journey, whether you are Read more
Save The Cat: 10 Story Genres To Help Writers (With Examples)
We’ve covered Consumer Genres and Content Genres, and now I want to look at Story Genres. This is the last helpful list of genre types I’ve found, and it was created by Blake Snyder in his Cave The Save! books. Read more
12 Content Genres To Help Writers With Character Arcs (With Examples)
Last week we went over Consumer Genres and how readers are drawn to certain ones, and now I want to look at Content Genres. These twelve Content Genre categories divide stories into types based on what the protagonist wants in Read more
Consumer Genres: Intellectual and Emotional Draws To Read Books
One of the first posts I did when I started my website was on book genres, but back then I thought they were as simple as a section in a bookstore or library. I have since learned they are more Read more
Humor: Character Under A Microscope Series
I’m back for another post in my Character Under A Microscope Series. One skill a writer must learn is creating characters who are not like you. There are many details that go into character development, and one of those is Read more
Save The Cat! Story Structure
This week is the last and most detailed story structure method in our series. Save The Cat! became popular for screenwriting, but Jessica Brody wrote a book that translated it for novels. I’ve read both the screenwriting and the novel Read more
Super Story Structure
Super Story Structure is a method devised by James Scott Bell, and it is the first story structure that actually made sense to me when I started writing. Everyone talked about outlines and plot, and I had the hardest time Read more