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Story Skeleton—Little Women
December 27, 2021
It’s interesting to consider how Alcott may have completed Jo’s arc were she given artistic freedom to write as she pleased.
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Story Skeleton—The Shining
November 02, 2021
Probably the most important (and difficult) part of writing any novel is figuring out what the protagonist’s main goal will be.
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Story Skeleton—The Secret Garden
September 22, 2021
Children’s books can provide a master class in how to tell a complex story in a short space.
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Story Skeleton—Pride & Prejudice
July 30, 2021
Pride and Prejudice hits all the high points of the romance cycle—and is considered by many to be foundational to the genre.
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Story Skeleton—Alice & Ahab
March 18, 2021
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Moby Dick have a surprising amount in common, at least in terms of narrative structure.
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Story skeleton: a plot primer
January 27, 2020
As Orson Welles said, “The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.” In this way, structure is an integral part of the art of storytelling. It is much more than a formula or cookie-cutter guide.
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