All Articles About Plot & Structure

How to Be Horrific (in an Age-appropriate Way): YA Horror Fiction

• Jan 28, 2020
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• by Alex Woolf
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• 8 min read

• Writing Skills
• Plot & Structure
• Genres
• Horror
• Young Adult
• Exercises

How to Write a Backstory

• Jan 21, 2020
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• by Jessica Wood
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• 6 min read

• Writing Skills
• Characters
• Plot & Structure
• Novels

The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Up the Pace in Your Novel

• Sep 3, 2019
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• by Laura Ojeda Melchor
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• 29 min read

• Writing Skills
• Suspense
• Language
• Plot & Structure
• Voice

How to Develop Subplots into Story Magic

• Aug 13, 2019
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• by Laura Ojeda Melchor
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• 8 min read

• Writing Skills
• Plot & Structure
• Novels
• Advanced
• Exercises

Fixing Split Ends: How to End a Story Perfectly

• Apr 16, 2019
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• by Karen Heuler
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• 7 min read

• Writing Skills
• Self-Editing
• Plot & Structure

Story Opening Lines That Will Blow Your Readers Away

• Feb 15, 2019
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• by Alex Khlopenko
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• 5 min read

• Writing Skills
• Characters
• Language
• Plot & Structure
• Advanced
• Featured

Winning Plots in the Kids’ and Young Adult Genres

• Jan 1, 2019
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• by Ricardo Elisiário
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• 6 min read

• Writing Skills
• Plot & Structure
• Genres
• Children
• Young Adult

Writing a Mystery: Do Your Research Right

• Nov 15, 2018
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• by Alex J Coyne
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• 6 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language
• Plot & Structure
• Settings
• Genres
• Mystery
• Research

How to Start Writing When You’re Stuck

• Nov 12, 2018
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• by Tal Valante
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• 5 min read

• Writing Skills
• Plot & Structure
• The Writing Life
• Attitude
• Writer’s Block
• Featured

How to Start a Story that will Captivate Your Readers

• Oct 31, 2018
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• by Tal Valante
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• 6 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language
• Plot & Structure
• Voice
• Basic
• Featured

Writing as Meditating, Meditating as Writing

• Jul 23, 2018
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• by Jim Curtis
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• 7 min read

• Writing Skills
• Characters
• Plot & Structure
• Settings
• The Writing Life
• Attitude
• Writer’s Block

The Secrets in Your Story – How to Write Great Twists

• Jul 16, 2018
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• by Victoria Grossack
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• 8 min read

• Writing Skills
• Suspense
• Plot & Structure

The Joys of Writing Tragedy

• May 8, 2018
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• by Andrew Knighton
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• 7 min read

• Writing Skills
• Characters
• Plot & Structure
• Genres

Pre-Writing Strategies and Brainstorming Tools

• Feb 6, 2018
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• by Alex J Coyne
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• 6 min read

• Writing Skills
• Characters
• Plot & Structure
• Settings
• Research

Soap-Opera Writing (and How to Avoid It)

• Dec 26, 2017
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• by Alex J Coyne
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• 7 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language
• Plot & Structure