The End of the Beginning: Your Story’s First Turning Point The End of the Beginning is the first Energetic Marker and major turning point in a story. It happens around the 25% mark and …Continue Reading about The End of the Beginning: Your Story’s First Turning Point
5 Key Scenes Scene, moment, conflict, dilemma, loss, fear, etc. that forces protagonist to take immediate action -- Inciting IncidentScene or …Continue Reading about 5 Key Scenes
Scene Organization Whether you like to work out the elements of your story on the page or are a pre-plotter, everyone benefits from a bit of periodic …Continue Reading about Scene Organization
Pacing Your Plot The energy of a story rises and falls in a somewhat predictable nature based on the Universal Story Form. Consider, therefore, …Continue Reading about Pacing Your Plot