Make a Subplot Change the Main Story’s Choices In an invented novel, Mara is trying to find a missing box of letters before the old town archive is… Read more
A Love Triangle Needs Three People Who Can Say No In an invented novel, Tamsin returns to her hometown to repair the house she has inherited before a theater tour… Read more
Bookend Your Novel With a Choice That Has Changed At the start of an invented novel, Nessa marks a bicycle with a red chalk arrow and sends her new… Read more
Should You Cut a Character? Test What Changes Without Them Two characters in an invented novel arrive at a library on the morning it closes. Leena has spent weeks collecting… Read more
Writing a Character Who Helps Without Erasing the Harm Nadia has the last room on the list. A woman and her son are waiting at the desk, wet coats… Read more
Writing a Misunderstanding That Characters Can Actually Resolve Asha wants the blue paint from the locked cabinet. Ishan has the key. They have stopped speaking comfortably since Asha… Read more
Designing an Antagonist Whose Reasoning Has a Cost Nira has the hall key. Arun has a rehearsal booked for Thursday evening. Six young actors have arranged lifts, and… Read more
Your Email List Is Small. Give Readers a Reason to Join It. Suppose you publish a useful article, share the link and return to your email dashboard. Two people have subscribed. One… Read more
Writing an Unreliable Narrator: Let the Account Betray Its Purpose “I only moved the envelope because someone had to tidy the table.” The sentence supplies an action and an excuse.… Read more
Building Story Tension When Two Obligations Cannot Both Be Met The van has room for one more crate. Saira has promised to take her father’s exhibition pieces to the hall.… Read more
