Plot Planning

The opening pages of a book or screenplay are a critical part of the story. Whether or not your audience (studio executive, literary agent, or reader) will continue...

To outline or not to outline - that is the question. The answer largely depends on the type of writer, but many writers find an outline or treatment (for screenplays...

Author Hanna Jameson describes the true-life murder that inspired her latest novel The Last, a dystopian psychological thriller for fans of Station Eleven and The...

When you write, are you a plotter or a pantser? Plotters plan out the logistics of a story before writing it. Pantsers let the story unfold as they write it, surprising...

Laura Sims gives us a behind the book look at how she came to write her thrilling debut, Looker . A dazzling, razor-sharp debut novel about a woman whose obsession...