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Category Archives: Definitions
Jurassic Park – Building A Better Dinosaur
One way to improve your writing is to look at a good story and learn from it. Another way it to see what’s wrong with a bad story and think about how to fix it. But you seldom see writers … Continue reading
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Does your story suffer from “Multiple Personality Disorder?”
Does your story suffer from “Multiple Personality Disorder?” Find out in this short article that gets to the heart of your story’s identity. Psychoanalyze Your Story!
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Does Dramatica Support Multiple Protagonists?
A writer recently asked, do the Dramatica software and theory support multiple protagonists (several people trying to achieve the goal for themselves)? First, the short answer is yes, Dramatica supports that. But there’s more. Here’s the long answer (bear with … Continue reading
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Exactly what ARE the Protagonist and Antagonist?
Exactly what ARE the Protagonist and Antagonist?
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The 8 Character Archetypes
All about the 8 Essential Archetypal Characters…
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Have your characters write their own life stories
Have your characters write their own life stories For your characters to be compelling, your readers will need to think of them as real people, not just dramatic functionaries or collections of traits. To help make this happen, have each … Continue reading
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Avoid the Genre Trap
Too many beginning writers see genres as checklists of elements and progressions they must touch, like checkpoints in a race. But a genre is not a box in which to write. It is a grab bag from which to pull … Continue reading
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Our New Storymind.com Web Site
After years of the same old design, we’re finally upgrading the look and feel of our parent web site, Storymind.com. Check it out: Storymind.com Tell us what you think (both the good and the bad!) We’ll be adding more products … Continue reading
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