Location, Location, Location... Setting, Setting, Setting Where does your story take place? Are you using real locations for your setting? If you're creating this new world, are you creating a history to go with these places? Are you mixing reality with your fiction? … [Read more...]

Timing is everything...or, Time Period is everything We've spent some time on generalities and characters. We're going to move to setting now. … [Read more...]

Toe-to-Toe... Conflict Rules "The greatest rules of dramatic writing are conflict, conflict and conflict," says James Frey. So what are you to do with that? Literature teachers everywhere teach that there are 4 main types of conflict: … [Read more...]

Getting to Know You. Details, details, details I'm going to stretch your imagination today as we really connect with the characters you are creating. We want them to pop off the page. They should be so real … [Read more...]

Directory Services: Character Names So many people running through your head! How will you ever keep them straight? With this template. It's a quick list of character names. Research shows: Research shows that when people are reading for pleasure, they read faster than when … [Read more...]