First, we should define point of view just in case you need a refresher. Truth is, we all often need a refresher even when...
Without knowing the backstory, we wouldn’t know the emotional goals of the character, the why for their tangible goals. Instead we’d be reading and...
When I talk about novel structure, I talk a lot about Dwight Swain who wrote Techniques of the Selling Writer. Swain has some really...