So the action/emotional tension/suspense reaches its peak, the detective reveals the murderer or imposter, the hero emerges from the smoking remains of the bad guy’s
Category: plotting
Story from the Start: Boss Fight!
OK, sorry. The final confrontation between the protagonist(s) and antagonist(s). Everything in the novel has been leading to this point, where the forces of good
The lost story
We’re all a mish-mash of experiences and talents. The system for finding writers rather like the brute force approach taken by Bosch (of the Haber-Bosch
Story from the Start: Getting to the Peak
So, we are drawing close to the final confrontation between the forces of Good and Evil, or perhaps in this case, less bad and really
Execution: Violence in Action and Writing
Violence, and violent action, can be difficult to portray. Yet the ability to do so is a necessary part of the fiction writer’s repertoire. Violence
Story From The Start 4: Conflicts and Antagonists
All stories have a conflict in them. Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs Himself . . . there are lots of possibilities. Some
