The Importance of Endings
Endings in stories are incredibly important, but many would-be writers get lost in a labyrinth soon after starting and never make it to...
The Comic Companion
Has anyone noticed the ever-present 'comic companion’ in successful stories? He or she is virtually the same figure from tale to tale....
The Power of Tropes
As we have seen in How Stories Really Work, there are four basic genres, each growing out of the kind of effect a writer wants to produce...
The Master Authors' Secret Handbook
This was the first book I wrote about the apparently hidden laws and prnciples behind the world of fiction. When I wrote that 'You have...