Post 30 – All’s Well that Ends Well
This is my penultimate post in Connie Green’s 30 day challenge (I’ll end with 31 posts. I’ve always been an overachiever. Okay, a teacher’s pet. You can say it.) Because of this, and because I’ve already covered Beginnings and Middles, today I’ll talk about endings, and use Mr. Shakespeare’s title without compunction or permission. What [...]
Post 29 – The Muddle in the Middle
A few days ago I posted about beginnings of stories, which can actually happen in the beginning, the middle or the end of the written work. Now let’s look at the middle. Often, I’ve heard that the basic reason that much writing doesn’t quite work is “the muddle in the middle.” I think this can [...]
Post 25 – Beginnings at the Beginning
It’s a new year, and as such, I thought I’d talk a little about beginnings. The western notion of story structure (no, it’s not Universal, I’ll talk about that in another post) dictates a beginning, a middle and an end. It dictates setups and payoffs. It dictates some sort of change to happen to a [...]







