After years of learning just about every major plotting method, characterization strategy, storytelling concept…and the list goes on…I was still stuck in the same spiral of half written outlines and flat characters. I had no idea how to get out of my writing rut. Until one day…I started comparing methods. I wanted to see what was so different between Save The Cat and The Story Grid, or any of the hundreds of other strategies out there. Why did some people like one method over another? Which one made more sense?!?

Comparing methods made me realize all of these methods offer their own secret ingredient to help give writers a fighting edge.  But they also have commonalities. Once you realize the wording may change, but the craft has remained relatively unchanged for hundreds of years, it makes the basic concepts that much easier to grasp. 

This is your “one-stop-shop” on all things writing. I’ll be posting articles that explain different techniques and definitions. I’ll lay out things like major plot points, or how to make your readers cry. But I’ll also be going deeper than that. I’ll be breaking down popular methods on story structure, characterization, or anything that makes a story tick. I’ll give you a summary of each method, how they’re similar to others, and how they differ.

Maybe the key for you is one of the many methods I’ll be discussing, or maybe it’s a combination of methods working together to bring out the very best you have to offer. Either way, I hope you stick around to find out what works for you.