Writing Roots

There came a time in the history of storytelling, especially around the rise of Christianity in Europe, where story became a way to educate the general populace. However, it started long before Christ...

13 Sep 202111min

There was a point in the history of storytelling where the tales began to include a character arc. They also became more about man versus man, rather than man versus monsters. The stories became about...

9 Sep 202111min

Some of the earliest stories we know from the time around the beginning of written language were stories about gods and fate. This is where stories started to transform from being primarily for surviv...

6 Sep 202111min

Story has been imbedded in human culture since the beginning, even since those prehistoric times before written language. Though we may not have those written records of what stories they told, we do ...

2 Sep 202111min

Choose Your Adventure books are a unique way to involve the reader in the storytelling process. Many of you may remember the old Goosebumps “Choose Your Own Adventure” stories, but it’s not a structu...

30 Aug 202111min

Serial stories have started to make a comeback in the writing format recently. While it’s always been there in the form of comic books and fiction magazines, the internet has helped this unique struct...

28 Aug 202142min

If you’re looking for a unique way to tell a slow burn suspense, consider the reverse story structure. This is all about going backwards in time. The reverse structure isn’t just hitting rewind and...

26 Aug 202111min

“Story within a story” is a fun framing device for writing your novel in a unique way. The idea behind this structure is that the narrator is actually a character. We get to see what is happening in t...

23 Aug 202111min