structure

Prologues and Epilogues

Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today, I’m talking about: Prologues and Epilogues Prologues and epilogues are crucial elements of narrative structure that can affect the tone and mood of your story. Both can be effective when used appropriately;… Read More ›

The Hero’s Journey

The Hero’s journey is a widespread form of story structure derived from mythologist Joseph Campell’ s ‘Monomyth’ from his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which was originally published in 1949 There are twelve steps, and as you go… Read More ›

The Three Act Structure

I’ve written before about story structure and about how I structure my own stories, but I thought that I would talk a little bit about another useful (if a bit more complicated) way of structuring your story elements, the Three Act Structure…. Read More ›

Confused Words

Occasionally it can be difficult to choose the correct word, and this can be compounded by the fact that so many words can look or sound the same and yet mean entirely different things. Here’s a list of some of… Read More ›