Story development

I can't make everyone a winner in my Blogiversary contest, but I can give everyone a gift by releasing a new worksheet. Yay! A couple of my readers asked me to take a look a John Truby's work and see if I could come up with a worksheet based on his teachings.

✨New Series✨ Story Structure Basics First up is the classic five-act story structure: 1. Exposition: introduce the characters, provide some backstory, and end with an inciting incident that disrupts their daily life. 2. Rising Action: Conflict begins to rise & character starts to pursue their goal. 3. Climax: The character(s) thinks they’ve achieved their goal, tension is at it’s highest, can be a major turning point in the plot. 4. Falling Action: The character(s) must face consequences and…

Read part two from the story Mama Mia Here We Go Again by Author_Chan_E (Acesexual) with 2,523 reads. bs, random.

Character Building Checklist - Tips and resources to help you develop well-rounded, compelling characters in your writing.

Today is the fifth in an 8-post series on preparing your novel for Nanowrimo. In today's post, we focus on plot and story building tips.

Let's talk about the elements of story. What specific elements do succesful stories have in common? And, what elements do you want in your story?

What are the seven basic story plots? Well, there are two story plot types and they are plot-driven story and character story driven. SO how does this work? plot driven vs character driven, plot driven story, plot driven books, character driven plot outline. Do you need to learn how to write a novel? Well, you are in luck. This image will help you with how to write a novel outline, how to write a novel step by step, how to write a novel in 30 days and so on.

Need a simple way to visualise your character arc? Print this worksheet + learn about Kurt Vonnegut's hilarious story shapes.

Tips, techniques, and tactics to take an idea and turn it into story. Includes several pre-writing methods and a free workbook.

You’ve the seed of a story idea stuck in your head, but it’s nowhere near ready to write. How does one go about expanding a simple story idea into a fully-developed novel? It depends! Some writers prefer to explore their ideas by diving straight into a discovery draft, getting to know th

If you're having trouble coming up with ideas to fill your plot, this is for you! Your plot is the journey your MC goes on to achieve their goal. A well crafted plot keeps readers on the edge of their seat and makes your book unputdownable. How do you do that? By having fun! Click the link to read this new post on how to come up with a story plot. #writers #write #writingtips #writinganovel #bookwriting #writinginspiration #thewriteen #characterdevelopment #creativewriting…

Most story idea generators are awful. They offer these mash-ups of random details that don’t make any sense, and require the writer to sift out the irrelevant details and find the connections. Or worse yet, they make you fill out some kind of form to get a nonsensical outline. This story generator works differently. Each prompt […]

Story plots are used and reused. Some novels' plots are overused. Read 7 tips for writing a more original plot for your novel.