As writers, we want to hook our readers and keep them coming back to our books. Being aware of why the blip steals the BANG’s thunder can help.

By visualising how story steps expand and contract, we can embody the pattern of tension to inform the way we tell the stories that want to be told through us.

Story structures are embodied within us. There’s much to learn from analyzing the deep patterns in stories. But how? Leon Conrad guides us through the process.

Lynette M Burrows discusses the universal parts of story structure and how you can adapt and fuse the most important parts for captivating storytelling.

Writers In The Storm is delighted to welcome paranormal writer and blogger, Jami Gold! She'll be stopping in over the next few days to answer any comments you have. (Thanks, Jami!) On my blog last week, I talked about how it’s fascinating to watch a story evolve from a story seed into a full-blown draft.  […]