Draw a story or novel to a satisfying close.They answer our biggest remaining questions Deliver on implicit promises made throughout the story.For example, from the opening of Eugenides' novel, we expect to lear
Make a story easier to follow: Scenes divide what could be a narrative mess into digestible units of actions and events. They allow us to play with how we release information to the reader (for example, a scene resolving an earlier subplot might only take place much later in a novel).Wha...
In the “Rags to Riches” story arc, that movement is a continuous upward climb toward a happily ever after. The Rags to Riches story arc is one of the most common story types; however, these stories lag in popularity, according to Reagan, the researcher from the University of Vermont, w...
Reread your story and check the historical details against your research to be sure that you have not taken any creative licenses which make your story historically inaccurate. Otherwise, you can be creative and make up personal tidbits, such as a subplot about your character's girlfriend breakin...
But that’s not the time to quit. Force yourself back to your structure, come up with a subplot if necessary, but do whatever you need to so your reader stays engaged. Fiction writer or nonfiction author, The Marathon of the Middle is when you must remember why you started this journey...
Plot is a series of events in a story in which the main character is put into a challenging situation that forces a character to make increasingly difficult choices, driving the story toward a climactic event and resolution. Tweet this
Once you’ve completed your manuscript.Already finished writing your memoir? It’s not too late to create your memoir outline. This can help you identify any gaps in your story, and can help in your editing process. Now that you’ve identified when it’s the right time to learn how to...
I definitely want to go into detail about how you manage the catalog. Before we get there, we were just talking a bit off air about when you joined and how the company began. I would love to hear that story again on air about how the “business” got started back in 2012. Sarah: ...
Like romance, mystery often crops up as a subplot within stories that would primarily be classed as other genres. Or the story may be set entirely within the milieu of a different genre, even though it still follows the mystery structure. For example, mysteries may often take place in a fa...
“Here we go again,” you’re probably muttering under your breath, “expecting my book to be just like everybody else’s: the story of an interesting person in an interesting situation. By definition, though, a GOOD multiple-protagonist novel is the story of LOTS of interesting people in...