Today, I’m guest posting on Jody Hedlund’s blog, with the post “Action and Reaction: The Building Blocks of Story Structure.” Here’s an excerpt:
Structuring Your Novel (affiliate link)
Sometimes writers get a little freaked out by the idea of story structure. Too complicated, too confining, too vague. This is ironic, since structure, when properly understood, actually simplifies the writing process, frees our creativity, and offers a specific checklist of “story must-haves.” Today, I want to break structure down to its simplest integers: action and reaction.
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