The simplest and most effective tool for creating a cause-effect, can’t-stop-reading plot is the WHAT-BUT-THEREFORE method.

Lynette M. Burrows demonstrates how you can create compelling scenes the MRU, a tool from Dwight V. Swain's Techniques of a Selling Writer.

Whether you're a pantser or a plotter, you can plan a story using the Forces of Antagonism. Learn to use the 4 Forces of Antagonism for strong stories.

Whether you are a pantser or plotter you can use this tool. It is not a tagline. It is not a log line. The story sentence is one plot tool for all.

Lynette M. Burrows discusses rules and expectations for authors in part three of her series Things I Wish I knew Before I Published.