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Plot/structure

Better Story Structure Through Musicals and Kung Fu Movies

Build emotion and conflict for your characters and readers by taking a note from the structure of two popular storytelling forms.

Rob Hart
4 Reasons I’m a Plotter, Not a PantserRosie Walker
10 Secrets for Using Secrets in Your FictionJen Craven
Are We Over the Hero’s Journey?Nadia Salem
This Changes EverythingRan Walker
Why It’s Fun to Write About What Happens After the World’s Been SavedKamilah Cole
Want to Write an Unputdownable Book? Try a Cliffhanger (Or Two)Jen Craven
The Creative Process of Turning BookTok Skits to PlotHannah Nicole Maehrer
Michaele Weissman: On Finding the Answers to Bread, Relationships, and HerselfRobert Lee Brewer
8 Tips for Plotting a Great Heist Novel (or How to Be a Thief)Sara Desai
Personalizing Familiar Tropes in Fresh and Fun WaysJessica Joyce
Turn the Tables on Popular Tropes in FictionLiz Kerin
Deborah Crossland: On Finding a Premise and OutliningRobert Lee Brewer
5 Things to Know When Writing About the Music IndustryAshley M. Coleman
10 Questions to Ask Yourself for an Airtight PlotBoyd and Beth Morrison
Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Ending Your Story Too SoonMoriah Richard

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