Story Craft
This section provides an array of articles looking at various key elements of fiction writing and story craft. From ways to improve your writing style, advice from established writers, or how emotions can be evoked in the readers of your work. This knowledge along with many other useful articles on the topic of story craft.
Rule-Breaking Stories
There are numerous rules and conventions when it comes to [...]
How to Master Writing Parallel Narratives
How to Master Writing Parallel Narratives Novels with parallel narratives [...]
The Japanese folktale of the selfish scholar
In this video from Ted Ed: A reading of an [...]
Miyazaki and The Eastern Tradition of Leaving Stories Open Ended
In artwork from around the world - you can see [...]
Writing Great Dialogue – 10 Key Elements
Writing Great Dialogue - 10 Key Elements A key element [...]
How to Write Compelling Dialogue: A Proven Process – Jerry Jenkins
How to Write Compelling Dialogue: A Proven Process [...]
Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing
Elmore Leonard was a highly accomplished writer and a man [...]
Storytelling Mistakes
You’ve probably read a book with a terrible ending and [...]
The Power of the Silent Narrator
The Power of the Silent Narrator The technique of the [...]