Story Endings: How to Write a Strong Resolution
Our story’s opening is important for gaining readers, but our story’s ending is what sells readers on our next book. What makes a story resolution great?
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Our story’s opening is important for gaining readers, but our story’s ending is what sells readers on our next book. What makes a story resolution great?
Pin ItWe often learn how to develop our story’s plot separate from character arcs, but our story’s threads work in tandem. Here’s a way to ensure they intertwine.
Pin ItIf you’ve ever thought about writing a series but weren’t sure how to “evolve” the series from book to book, Kassandra Lamb is here to share her insights.
Pin ItThis time of year, writers try to get their story idea into shape before the first of November. Here’s some help to get your planning off on the right foot with NaNoWriMo.
Pin ItIn our story, something makes our protagonist change and progress in their internal journey. But what’s that something? What triggers them to grow?
Pin ItDownloaded over 60,000 times, my Romance Beat sheet helps writers of all levels build romance stories. But how do we use this extremely popular tool?
Pin ItOnce we know what our character’s backstory makes them think they could never do, we know how to show their path of change and growth over the story.
Pin ItA character’s backstory reveals what they thought they could never do, which gives us ideas for our plot and making them face their fears.
Pin ItA character’s backstory can be mined to add more emotion to our stories, such as by layering how their backstory’s defining moment affected them.
Pin ItA character’s false belief is central to a story’s internal arc, and the defining moment in a character’s backstory is key to creating that false belief.
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