Mark Twain gave us a great set of rules for a story, wrapped in a beautifully scathing critique of Fenimore Cooper’s books. The abridged rules: A tale shall accomplish something and arrive...

Writing Excuses is a great writing podcast, hosted by writers Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler. They interviewed Patrick Rothfuss a couple years ago, and talked about Exposition....

Dustin Tigner wrote an e-book on plot for the LegendFire.com writing community. Dustin presents the basic plot line as follows: Beginning (Change) Main Goal (Question) Middle Goal Confrontation Climax...

Dan Wells gave an awesome talk on Story Structure at BYU’s science fiction and fantasy symposium: Life, the Universe, and Everything. He goes into great depth on the seven-point system...

(And now, a word from our sponsor ) If you’ve read Crawford Kilian’s essay on Developing Efficient Work Habits, you’ll have seen where he talks about keeping a log...

Have you developed the habit of writing? Do you find it hard to sit down every day and write 1,000 words, even if the muse is not with you?...