In most cases, the story starts with exposition, but the inciting incident is the second element and the moment when the plot begins. How Long Is the Inciting Incident? It is technically only a moment or a single event, and this moment is almost always set into a single scene. While it...
The average self-help book is shorter than the average novel, coming in at around 40,000–50,000 words. Readers want a quick, concise read that can teach them something new in a short span of time. How Long Is a Memoir? Memoirs have similar word counts to novels. Most memoirs are 80...
The second one implies one of two stories: the child lost in a puddle OR what happens next when someone realizes the child's fallen in. The goal will determine the conflict. In the third one, the goal is to mislead someone. The conflict? The lie (or maybewhyshe lies). ...
It’s a long, comprehensive post so use the menu below to click ahead, if needed. If you want my recommendation, grab a sandwich and read the whole thing. Hell, two sandwiches – it’s a monster – but there is a treat for you at the end. (It’s not another sandwich.) There’s...
becoming overwhelmed by the process. This decluttering book can alter not only your home but your thought processes and your finances. To organize your life starts with decluttering your home. You don’t want to just move things around, but you want a long-term solution to minimize clutter ...
I remember well the first time my young daughter gushed about a new boyfriend, saying, “He completes me!” We had many long talks deep into the night discussing how love can be real and true only when two people who are complete within themselves come together. ...
Now is the time to adjust these numbers, while setting your deadline and determining your pages per session. Maybe you’d rather schedule four off weeks over the next year. Or you know your book will be unusually long. Change the numbers to make it realistic and doable, and then lock it...
WhileThe Albumis a departure from their more contemporary-leaning comeback album, 2019'sHappiness Begins, it doesn't lack the feel-good energy present throughout their catalog. It shows another side of their musicality, one that brings in long-held influences like theEagl...
It can be difficult to know when research is required to back up the facts. There are some things that we know from life experience or from working in a particular field over a long period of time. Other things are simply common knowledge. And much online writing (especially in blogs) in...
" orWhitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" have long been hailed as Pride anthems, "Same Love" was one of the first mainstream hits to outwardly vocalize support for LGBTQ+ rights and marriage equality, and to con...