Category: Story Structure
The Opening Scene
The opening lets the reader know what’s going on, who is involved, what their relationships are and what the context…

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Chapters
Scenes are one unit of action, eg a fight. Chapter: a group of various scenes Cut the previous chapter at…
Scenes
Scenes are the specific stages by which your main characters motivations are enacted against opposition, internal or external (or both)….
Show, don’t tell (and pace)
What is Showing Showing allows for immersion of the reader into the fictional dream. Showing is experiences with an illusion…