Story Landmarks are events or interactions within a story that help keep the reader oriented. Readers expect specific Story Landmarks within each genre.

Here are a handful of guidelines to help keep you grounded regardless of what the publishing world throws your way. Not rules, just principles to keep you sane.

Many readers have specific literary taste and know their favorite sub-genres well. If your novel isn’t in the right category that's a problem.

A story bible is a compendium of all relevant data for your story: character biographies, a world history, an atlas, and a plot outline all wrapped into one.

Fear exists to alert us to potential harm. But how do we get our characters to express it realistically? Angela helps us to figure that out.