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The Nuts and Bolts of Story Structure
Nuts & Bolts For sometime now, I’ve been posting articles about such narrative elements as the introduction scene, the inciting incident, the first and second turning points, the first and second...
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The Nuts and Bolts of Story Structure II
This is the second and final installment of The Nuts and Bolts of Story Structure. Must-Have Scenes Second Pinch As mentioned previously, pinches are scenes located within act II that remind us of the...
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Exploring the Story Network II
Network ConnectionsThe main structural hoists between the 1st and 2nd turning points are: the 1st pinch, the midpoint, and the 2nd pinch. In this post, we explore the dynamic relationship that exists...
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Writing is Rewriting II
Rewriting II In last week’s post, I talked about Frensham’s six areas of focus involved in arriving at the final version of your screenplay—the first stage being to increase comprehensibility. Today,...
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Dramatic Structure: The Power of Three
Three Act Structure We often refer to classic Hollywood screenplays as having a three act structure — the arrangement of a story around three pieces of narrative real-estate — but the root of this idea...
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The Realisation Scene
Moment of Illumination What is the Realisation Scene? One way to approach writing from a structural perspective, is to understand the function of a number of must-have scenes in your story. One such...
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Story Structure
The Scarab series of novels strongly adhere to story structureONE of the most effective things novice screenwriters and novelists can do to improve their craft quickly is to learn as much as they can...
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Story Structure and the Craft of Writing
Story Structure in Scarab This is primarily a website that discusses how story structure underpins the art and craft of storytelling. Its aim is to offer advice on how to get narrative ingredients,...
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How to Pace your Stories
Varying the PaceBy pacing I mean the overall flow and rhythm of your story: its climaxes, reliefs, pauses, highs and lows – the heartbeat of your tale. Every story needs to vary its pace if it is to...
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Scene transitions in stories — how to write them
Perhaps the most famous scene transition in film history–the jump cut from 2001 A Space Odyssey Scene transitions in stories, as in life, don’t get the attention they deserve. Maybe that’s because...
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