The Art of Storytelling
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Stephen M Irwin on The First Step
Today’s guest blog is from Stephen M Irwin, novelist and filmmaker whose short films have won awards around the world. He has written and directed TV documentaries and his first novel, The Dead Path, which has been published in many countries, was named Top Horror Title in the 2011 RUSA Reading List. His second novel, The Broken Ones, was released…
The One-Page Guide to Storytelling
Here, gleaned from several decades of writing, experience doing my 27 novels, and the hundreds of books I've read on writing and storytelling, is the most concise guide to storytelling I can come up with. I've included some classic references at the end.For each scene, and your overall story, answer these seven questions. If you can’t answer all of them,…
41 Ways to Create and Heighten Suspense in Fiction
According to top New York literary agent Noah Lukeman (The Plot Thickens), if a writer can maintain suspense throughout the story, many readers will keep reading even if the characters are undeveloped and the plot is weak. Clearly, suspense is a vital tool, yet most books on writing only mention it in passing and few devote much space to its…