Every story needs transition scenes just like topic papers need transition paragraphs. These scenes keep the pace up and help the reader...

The middle of any book is the hardest part. Generally you have a fun, exciting beginning and a fast-paced ending and you probably know...

Every thing must have a beginning … and that beginning must be linked to something that went before. ~Mary Shelley The beginning is the...

Story structure is the skeleton of the story. Its bones if you like. Everyone's story is different, but the structure must be the same....

Pantsers are the people who sit down and write whole books and short stories with no preplanned plot. We sally forth with only one...

The first question to ask yourself before you write a book is: what is my goal? If your goal is to simply write a book. Great begin at...

People often tell me that they want to write a book. Then they ask, where do I begin?

Nothing is "right" anymore. We're wearing masks, working from home, limiting our social distance to six feet. The world seems upside down...

Every writer is familiar with the dreaded Synopsis. It’s difficult to condense sixty to eighty thousand words down to five hundred words

The key to publishing a book is to finish the book. For almost every writer finishing the book is the hardest part.

As a multi-published author and book coach, I think story structure is the first thing a writer should learn, whether you’re penning a ...

In movies the story begins on a regular day until two minutes in, when an inciting incident causes our hero to begin their journey. In...

But before you ever write the first sentence you need to ask yourself the following three things:

Does any of this sound familiar? You have a great book idea, but you don't know where to start. You start writing, but then feel as if...