Plot Planning

Has social media become so commonplace that we're too complacent about our own safety? Kathleen Barber's chilling novel Follow Me asks that question in telling a story...

Fiction books can be generally sorted into two categories, as award-winning author and former underground storage tank operator Laurel Anne Hill explains. In a plot...

Some writers think the hero’s journey only applies to fantasy stories, but author, instructor, director, and screenwriter John Henry Davis believes any author can benefit...

Author, teacher, writing coach, and speaker Mandy Jackson-Beverly’s novella, The Legend of Astridr: Birth , started out as a slightly different story. It began as a...

In general, authors refer to themselves as either plotters or pantsers – they plan their entire book before writing or they simply write by the seat of their pants....