Plot Planning

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....

All novels require research and planning, but if you intend to write a fiction series, this calls for extra considerations to be made during the planning, writing, and...

Many people, even video game players themselves, will say that the games do not have stories. But they absolutely do, explains writer and producer Craig Miller. As a...

As a horror and mystery writer and a lifelong reader and watcher of the two genres, author Naomi Brett Rourke has come to know the tropes and clichés of novels and stories...