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What is a story? One easy answer is that it is a narrative composed of a beginning, middle, and ending.
Today, we’re talking about how to write satisfying endings, but allow me a quick rabbit trail: A while back, someone asked me to write a post about why the Second Act was even a thing. Admittedly, my first response was a sort of spluttery, “Uhhh… because it is
Multiple POVs—should you use them or should you not?
That’s a question with huge implications for your story. It will influence everything from structure to pacing to character arcs. Most importantly, it will have a huge influence on your readers’ experience of the story—for better or worse.
More genre books than not use multiple POVs to present mu...
A hill I will die on: we need heroic stories.
That may seem super obvious. After all, the word “hero” has become all but synonymous with “protagonist.”
They are not, however, the same thing. A protagonist is the structural driver of the plot (just as the antagonist is the structural obstacle to that driving momentum).
Note From KMW: Over the years, I’ve learned there is a difference between cultivating discipline as a writer and forcing it. Like many writers (especially those of us who came of age during the early years of the indie boom), I spent much of my career believing success required constant hustle. Push harder. Write faster. Do more.
That approach works fo...