Story Shapes: Four Ways To Think About Narrative Architecture
Story has shape. We’re often told it has a two-dimensional shape — a common rise (gentle or swift) of a hill, or a scalene triangle. But I call shenanigans on that. I say utter donkeytr…
4 Steps for Organizing Plot Ideas Into a Novel
I recently finished brainstorming for a new book. I had lists of ideas, pages full of "what ifs," and be...