Plot Articles

Seven Ways to End Your Short Story

By Rachel Leitch You’ve made it! You’ve set up your world and made your characters real in a very limited word count. You’ve let your character make both good and bad choices. You’ve created a small-scale catastrophe for a climax.And now it’s time to tie off all...

Dream Small: How to Plot Your Short Story

By Rachel Leitch Short stories can be intimidating despite their size.They seem so easy. They love to fool me that way. After all, they argue, they’re much shorter. Much less words and scenes and such to try to fill with brilliance.But once you dive in, I...

How to use History to Strengthen Your Novel

By Daisy Torres    *A sparkling whirlwind of words appears before you. Majestic music seems to come from the whirlwind. The winds cease and you see me, crunching away on a bag of potato chips.*Oh -- hi there! I...
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