The Writer’s Vocabulary

We tend to use chapter breaks pragmatically, but do you know an emotional use will irrevocably bind the reader to the story?

Conflict is created by the opposition between the protagonist’s and the antagonist’s desires

Standing by the characters: the secret of the narrator’s superpower

Why stories can’t exist without antagonists

Why the protagonist is the most crucial character in the story

The hard job of carrying the story

Story Arcs and the Power of Intersection

True stories are never the facts ‘as they happened’. The meaning is in the careful manipulation of every element of the story.

The Denouement is that part of story that accompanies the reader to the end. The place where we hug the story before we leave it.

The Climax is the main character’s darkest moment, but also the place of their rebirth

Whatever its position in Act I, the before the Inciting Incident occurs, the story is on hold

Every form of communication has its special construction, which set it apart from any other forms of communication. Stories have their…