Every writer knows a thing or two about daydreaming. But what about dreamzoning? What’s

This Black Friday weekend, you can use the code OUTLINE to grab my Outlining

It’s a question I’ve received countless times from readers over the years—and one I’ve

Note: I’m giving myself a quick autumn break this week, so am posting this

We talk about story being an arc, but in many ways it is more

The “saggy middle” of a story is one of the biggest challenges writers face.

Today I am officially launching my latest writing-craft book Writing Your Story’s Theme. Yay! This

Of all the paired structural beats in a story, the Pinch Points are perhaps

I often talk about cohesion and resonance as being two of the most important qualities

On a theoretical level, art often comes down to patterns. As readers and even