Among the many musts of a story’s opening page is introducing the protagonist. This “greeting” should provide just enough information that the reader feels the protagonist is interesting to follow.…

All too often, I see writers doing the don’ts where do’s and don’ts are concerned. In all fairness, though, various stylebooks disagree about what you should do with these two words. Let’s start with ...

Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise from a faulty understanding of a situation. Here are four writing prompts ...