Writing beginnings and endings

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This anchor chart represent what the beginning, middle, and end of a story should include. The students refer back to it when writing their own stories.

Here's 3 ideas I've learned from reading bestselling novels on how to write "un-put-downable" chapter endings...

Story structure is one of the vital pillars of a story. It is what brings your story from beginning to end in a pattern that makes sense and will be familiar (and satisfying) to the reader. Writing a story with a specific story structure in mind may help you create a more solid story that your read

If you’re writing the start or middle of your novel, the following two articles will help: How to Write the First Chapter of a Novel How to Write the Middle of a Novel If you’re working on the ending of your novel, we’ve included 5 tips for you below. 1. Give yourself time Ending […]

Well, we have finally come to the end of my impromptu series of lists of motives, goals, conflicts and epiphanies for your character, and so it wouldn’t take a genius to work out that today…

Outlining can be both the most exciting and sometimes the most difficult part of the writing process, especially when you’re trying to draft a novel in only 30 days. So I came up with a solut…