Story Entertainment

• Learn how to write a novel or screenplay. Provides in-depth tutorials and exercises. Also includes entertainment news and analysis and a discussion board.

How to write a story from an outline

• Using an exercise from "The Mummy" to learn how to fill in a step-outline

How to watch movies to learn how to tell a story

• Tips to understand the structure of a movie in order to discover how to tell a story in any medium, including a novel, film, play, or even a comic book

Instant Workshop: Creating your first scene

• How to analyze a scene to improve your writing -- and begin writing your first seen, now

Starting a story with the inciting incident

• How to start writing a story - the essential beginning of any story

Characters and the choices they make

• Designing characters to move the story forward

How to hold your reader's interest

• How to create suspense, mystery, and surprise.

More than words: Writing dialogue and sentences

• Simplifying your words for power storytelling.

What a publisher really wants

• Why publishing and formatting should be the last thing a writer should consider.

How to interview your characters

• Learning how to write by listening to oral history stories.

Questions and Answers about writing

• Post your questions about writing a story and get answers.

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