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A card landing on a table is a small action, but a novelist can make it occupy an entire paragraph. The reader notices who watches it, who looks away and whose expression changes b...
Mysteries and thrillers pose a familiar set of questions: What happened? Who did it? Who was the victim? Can the criminal be stopped? What will happen next? These questions are ind...
“Strong characters act despite their fear, not because of it.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
By April Dávila When I started writing my second novel, I decided to open the story with my main character being born in a storm. I imagined the trees thrashing in the wind and rai...
“Strong characters act despite their fear, not because of it.”
When your viewers don’t want to take a toilet break in order not to miss anything… When their eyes are glued to the screen… When the reactions become visceral… This is what we usua...
by James Scott Bell I love me a good burger. As master of the grill, I make a killer patty on my Traeger. Nothing like smoky goodness in brisket-blend ground beef. From there I mak...
R.F. Kuang is 29 and has already published seven novels, including the Nebula-winning Babel, the #1 New York Times bestseller Yellowface, and this year's Katabasis. She trained at...
So, you’re a writer? First of all, c’mere. Hugs. Being a writer is hard for so many reasons, but chief among them is that it’s hard to invent truth. It’s hard to make something up...
by James Scott Bell In Super Structure, I explain a beat called “the argument against transformation.” It is the linchpin of the character arc. It pays off the end, when the charac...
When we talk about “storytelling” in film, we include a wide array of tools and areas. Among them is editing, obviously a very important one. And today, we’re going to look at one...
By Corey Rosen There’s a particular kind of draft I see all the time. The writing is strong. The voice is clear. The material is real, sometimes even deeply emotional. And yet, whe...
When I set out to write my first-ever murder mystery—about a group of mystery writers who get trapped at a mystery-writing conference and people start turning up dead—I felt an eno...
A sense of impending doom—that was how Weary had described the feeling many people got, like a heaviness in the chest.
I should be able to see every plot twist coming. After all, I wrote the book on plot. Literally. I wrote a bestselling guide called Save the Cat! Writes a Novel that teaches writer...
Emotion is the key to compelling, engaging, immersive fiction. Show your characters experiencing emotions, and make your readers feel something in response. Today’s Words of Wisdom...
Sen tting is a central element to any novel, though within the horror genre, it can also have the wonderfully eerie ability to become its own living, breathing secondary monster th...
Novelists and screenwriters often fight the same battles, even though their end products differ.Whatever you’re writing, you’ll want a premise that’s easy to pitch with a catchy ho...
The thrill of psychological suspense is in the familiar. Take, for example, that perfect couple living in the fabulous house with their brilliant children. On a typical day, in a t...
Nikki and Bear in “Obsession,” when the storyteller crosses a moral boundary we expected our protagonist to respect—and leaves us following him on the other side. You’ve written a...
A few years ago, sharing the stage at a book festival with another crime writer, there was a question from the audience about what kind of research we did. My fellow author talked...
There is something undoubtedly addictive in reading about a courageous lone character facing overwhelming odds, while surviving in utter isolation. History and mythology are brimmi...
How do you attack and structure a story? Do you see the situation first? Do you have an image or set piece in mind? Or do you begin with character?For me, that’s typically the case...
If you’re writing a Grand Canyon murder mystery, you’ve got to learn every way the Canyon can kill someone. At least, that was my initial perspective when I started working on my n...
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