Story Structure

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Ideas for the first sentence of a book. #nanowrimo #YWP

It's impossible to figure out how to outline any one aspect of your story in isolation. Instead, learn 3 ways to "bob and weave" from one to the next.

Story Structure Diagram

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After you’ve figured out the rough plot of your novel (I used the first 4 steps of Randy Ingermanson’s snowflake method), it may help you to outline it. An outline can be viewed as a basic ‘w…

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A story's hook needs to catch a reader's attention and introduce important aspects of the novel. A hook is an essential part of strong story structure.

Stories are Predictable “We think of stories as a wildly creative art form but within that creativity and that diversity there is a lot of conformity. Stories are very predictable. No matter where you

The Shapes of Stories by Kurt Vonnegut

Literary fiction writers tend to avoid plot. We’re trained to be plot snobs, focused only on character development and description and point-of-view amongst other things. But your story can’t be plotless. Plot is tension, plot is drama, plot IS story. So we must learn to fuse plot and character seam

lots of short story outline templates

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How can you add depth to your characters, settings, and events? The answer is simple: develop literary devices within your story.