You need to employ some Peripheral Plotting! Peripheral Plotting is the technique of pulling in ancillary elements and using them to create more tension in your plot. Ideally, they will …
But I’m not a hero, am I? Helping your hero discover his heroic side!
A great story has a great hero – someone who discovers they are hero along that way. Acts of Heroism are those character-change actions that take your character from an …
Let the fight begin! How to use stakes and motivations to build a powerful story!
Last week we talked about how to discover Stakes and Motivations. But, how do you use them to create a powerful story? Let the Fight Begin! One of my favorite …
Creating a Push-Pull Motivation for your suspense scenes
Yesterday, we talked about the use of Public and Private Stakes to raise the epic element of your suspense, and drive your reader through the story. But that is …