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Over the last six weeks I’ve provided eight different exercises for building a plot outline. Why so many? Every person brainstorms in a diff...

Here’s a concise twelve chapter formula for a classic mystery novel. I borrowed this synopsis directly from Time2Writes “Plotting the Myster...

Most romance novels, especially category romance, follow the same basic formula. Start brainstorming your romance by answering these quest...

Here’s a quick brainstorming exercise to help you develop a plot outline for your mystery novel.   Mystery Step One: The Crime Def...

Aristotle proposed a three-part structure for dramatic plays in fifth century (BC) Athens. It has been a popular part of story writing ever ...

In 1996, successful author and writing instructor, Nigel Watts, published Writing a Novel and Getting Published (part of the “Teach Yours...

In 1863, German novelist and literature professor, Gustav Freytag, studied classic Greek drama trying to identify what made a good, entertai...