Story planning

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month—write a 50K word novel during November) starts today, and while I plan to continue blogging throughout NaNo, I wanted to make sure I gave you something good to keep you happy during my crazy month. *smile* Of course, whether or not you’d define today’s post as anything good might depend […]

Using a story planner template is an effective way to ensure a positive short story writing experience for both new writers and established ones alike.

The Writer's Handbook: Types of Opening Sentences #writing #writingtips @amwriting

Last time, we discussed Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat craft book and how we can use his writing tools to revise our work. His beat sheet points out when story events (beats) should occur in a screenplay, and most of his advice applies to all forms of fiction writing. Whether we dig into the structure of our stories […]

One of my favorite ways to outline or plan a story is to map it out like a subway or road map. Here's how this technique works. Each road or subway line

Are you ready to try your hand at crafting the plot of a story? Use these 15 writing prompts to brainstorm fresh story ideas for your next work!

Free Printables for Writing Your Novel! Great for young writers! #Homeschool #creativewriting

How to structure a story, hook and keep readers. A summary of 10 stages to story structure for quick fiction planning based on K M Weiland's book.

Seven good reasons to kill a character in your story and three bad reasons.

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.