School of plot

Your story's plot is more than just a string of events. Learn how to write the perfect plot for your story by crafting it into a meaningful whole.

Literary fiction writers tend to avoid plot. We’re trained to be plot snobs, focused only on character development and description and point-of-view amongst other things. But your story can’t be plotless. Plot is tension, plot is drama, plot IS story. So we must learn to fuse plot and character seam

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…

Hi friends! This is a workshop I'm going to be giving in a couple of places this year, and I thought I'd share it on the blog, too.

When you get up and go to work each morning, do you look forward to your trip to the office? Or are you dreading the day from the moment you wake up and spending 8 hours dreaming of when you’re finally off the clock again? Unfortunately, it’s quite common for people to hate their jobs, as a whopping 70% of workers report feeling dissatisfied with their career choices. So if you’re one of those people, you might need to take 10 minutes out of your day to deal with your lack of passion for…

Outlining can be both the most exciting and sometimes the most difficult part of the writing process, especially when you’re trying to draft a novel in only 30 days. So I came up with a solut…