Writing

The Story Spine, Body, & Beats process focuses on outlining the patterns found in bestselling novels to deliver plot events that readers expect.

A question that comes up a lot is Plotting. How do you create your plot, what are the best methods for plotting, how do you plan all the different parts of your novel? So, today I am discussing t…

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Most writers have a natural instinct when it comes to story structure, but, when something is off, out comes the models. Time to break it down.

"The Art of Emotional Attraction" is one of the many masterclasses we hold in Tenacious Writing. Tenacious Writing is a choose-your-own-adventure style writing program, and members get forever access to all our masterclasses (past and future) with a one-time payment.

Scene structure follows six main tenets: a solid protagonist scene goal, an inciting incident, rising tension, a crisis, a climax, and a resolution. If your novel's scenes are feeling flat, a lack of strong scene structure is likely the culprit. Follow these guidelines to strengthen your fiction story's scenes.

Backstory is how writers let readers in on who a character is when the story starts. When using backstory on the page in your actual draft, it’s essential to reveal it to the reader in the right way. Your character’s history, and how it impacts their thought processes, has to be woven into the present scene on the page.

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