Plot Articles

By Chelsea HindlePicture this scenario in your head. It’s midnight on November 15th. You’re sitting in your living room with a cup of lukewarm hot chocolate in your hand and a blinking cursor on the blank laptop screen in front of you. You’re supposed to be 25k words...

By L.E. WilliamsAh, October. Here in my little corner of the world, the weather is finally cooling off into something resembling fall-ish-ness. The possibility of donning my favorite sweaters again is tantalizingly close. I can’t wait to make some pumpkin soup, curl...

By Chelsea HindleIt’s October and the air of every writerly community is buzzing with anticipation. Why? Because National Novel Writing Month (also known as, NaNoWriMo) is coming, beginning November 1st.But what is NaNoWriMo? Well, NaNoWriMo’s website describes the...

Picture this, dear writer. You’re sitting at your computer, typing madly away at your story. Everything is falling into place—your hero and your villain stand face-to-face at long last, and the encounter won’t end without a fight. All of your carefully-crafted...