The "I have a question" or "Something's happened, how do we fix it?" plot structure. As previously stated, this structure is practically...

Writing is something I love. It is also something I really, really enjoy. And while those seem like the same thing, they're really not,...

Milieu is the Exploration of Worlds plot. Also known as the There and Back Again story. As previously stated it is most often used in...

This particular post is dedicated almost entirely to Fiction. Non-fiction has the same elements, but they're almost always going to be...

There is no such thing as an "original" character in the same way there's no such thing as an "original" story. All characters fall under...

Dialogue is one of the hardest things for writers to write and a difficulty that is not exclusive to new writers. Finding your...

No, that title is not the beginning of a really bad joke (although it easily could be ^-^), it's the way you need to think of your...

There are few things worse than picking up a book and trying to muddle your way through a boring/unlikable narrator. You could have the...

Every well-constructed World runs on rules. The mark of a truly great World is when your reader doesn't necessarily realize what those...

A huge part of writing is finding someone impartial to read your work before anyone else sees it. That person needs to be your biggest...

So in case you haven't already noticed, I'm doing a very quick, very brief overview of the main points of story creation. Once I've hit...

World Building is the root of every good story. You might have the greatest characters in the world, the best plot ever conceived, and...

Writing doesn't begin with the writing, it begins with the idea. Before you can write about Susie Stalino and her Casino Boys you have to...

Anyone can write. It's actually rather easy to just stick a bunch of words together and call it a story. But not everyone can write well,...