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A Formula for Fiction — plot paradigm

Few like to admit that good fiction writing is formulaic. To do so would suggest that everyone is writing a variation of the same story. However, it seems there are some ground rules that many writers and editors agree on that when combined together, at least hint at a formula forRead More …

What Makes a Great First Chapter? (We’re talking fiction right now.)

The elusive great first chapter! Everyone writer wants to create one and too many think they already did. If only there was a tool, a guide, a checklist of sorts a writer could refer to . . . Voila! Here’s what we think makes a great first chapter. Actually, uponRead More …