Plot Planning

Beginning a story is, for some writers, the hardest part of a manuscript. The difficulty is often a matter of not knowing how to write an exciting enough first line...

What’s the best way to keep a reader turning the pages of your book, especially that first page? With shortening attention spans and media tailored to create flashy...

Having an idea is easy, but expanding that idea into a cohesive story takes a lot of time and work. Writers have many tools available to them when going through the...

Whether a plotter or pantser , all fiction authors walk into a story with some kind of idea or plan. They have some insight into the story they want to tell or explore...

Writing a good opening to a story that immediately grabs readers can be tricky. Whether a writer’s story is plot or character driven, there must be an initial action...