Trust your reader. This should be a sign hanging somewhere near your writing station, next to one that says “I am a writer” because they’re both important. There
Whether you are writing a short-story, a standalone novel, or a series, continuity matters. Stories that are shorter or have smaller scopes have less potential for continuity problems
Tension is the underlying pulse of any story. Sometimes it races, other times it is a steady beat, but it’s always there. And if it’s not always there,
Story craft should always be about giving a better experience to your reader. Plot is a huge part of that, and effects a reader’s resonance with the story more than
Crafting a story is often more about intuition than critical thinking. You’ve read dozens upon dozens of fiction books, seen countless movies, and consumed a zillion episodes of