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Do ‘Story Physics’ work in Fantasy? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
An interview with A-list sci-fi and (now) fantasy author Kay Kenyon. Kay’s new novel — her first fantasy after a string of highly successful science fiction titles — is just out. It’s called A Thous...
How to Create Layers of Thematically Pertinent Conflict 23 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
A Guest Post by K.M. Weiland (@KMWeiland), author of “Structuring Your Novel” How many times have you heard that conflict is story? This truism powers all of fiction for the simple reason that confl...
Improving Your Fiction: The Relationship Chart – Part 2 22 Aug 2013 | 08:20 am
Part 2 of 3, from guest blogger Art Holcomb By now you’ve had some time with the Relationship Chart for your own story and the example I gave from the movie DIE HARD. Hopefully, you’re beginning to ...
Improving Your Fiction: The Relationship Chart – Part 1 20 Aug 2013 | 05:25 am
More goodness from guest poster Art Holcomb. ***** Relationships are at the heart of all great stories. They bond the reader to the work by giving them someone to root for (or against). They are t...
The Rule Book — by Art Holcomb, Part 2 11 Aug 2013 | 05:42 am
Part 2 of 2 Okay, you’ve had some time with the Rule Book Relationship Chart … Remember: you can substitute your characters’ names for the character type across the top, and the change the emotions ...
The Rule Book 8 Aug 2013 | 03:16 am
(Quick aside… a few days ago you received a post from me entitled, “Are You the One out of Ten?” It may have looked familiar… and it should have — it was originally posted on June 24th. Thing is, I ...
Message to My Email-Feed Readers 1 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
My posts go out in one of two ways — as an immediate Feed, or the next morning via email. Which means you often don’t click on to the site itself. That works… relative to yesterday’s post, it didn’t...
Saturday Morning Version of “The Hero’s Journey” 31 Jul 2013 | 11:08 pm
Two words: hand sock. You’ll see. Really, we need to take storytelling more seriously than this… which in an ironic twist means, this IS serious. Even when it’s hilariously rendered. It’s also pot...
When Words Get In Your Way 30 Jul 2013 | 05:17 am
Okay, that title is my way of creating some sort of linkage between the brand/mission of this website and the content of this particular post. I get about three emails a day from SEO guys telling me ...
A Case Study in Concept: A Story on the Brink 24 Jul 2013 | 07:49 am
One of my favorite story coaching clients is a guy named Kalvin. He’s prolific, he’s brought me a half dozen story ideas at various stages of development, each offering something tasty with significa...
