The Complete Snowflake Method Guide

Why Does the Snowflake Method Work?"I used to be a seat-of-the-pants writer," physicist-turned-novelist Randy Ingermanson once admitted. "Then I wr...

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." Einstein was talking about physics, but the principle cuts straight to the h...

Most writers stall at the exact same place. They've got their one-sentence summary -- tight, punchy, the story in a nutshell. Then someone says "ex...

A study of 2,000 published novels found that stories with clearly defined character arcs received, on average, 40% higher reader satisfaction score...

Most writing advice tells writers to plan more before drafting. Here is the counter-intuitive truth: planning too much is almost as dangerous as no...

"I know my character wants revenge. I just don't know if he'd slam the door or walk out quietly." That sentence -- overheard at a writers' conferen...

In a 2011 survey of published novelists by Writer's Digest, 73% of respondents who used outlines reported that their manuscripts required fewer str...

There's a specific breed of frustration that only hits after weeks of preparation. The one-sentence summary is done. The paragraph summary, done. C...