by Dr. MaryAnn Diorio | Oct 18, 2013 | Fiction Writing: Craft
In my last post on the craft of fiction-writing, I discussed structuring your story into four parts or four boxes. For strong story structure, we must put into each box only those story elements that go into that box. To put something in a box that doesn’t...
by Dr. MaryAnn Diorio | Aug 9, 2013 | Fiction Writing: Craft
Every good story contains five key elements that are essential to sound fiction. These five elements are plot, character, conflict, theme, and setting. Plot is the action or the quest of your story. Character is the person (or persons) who carry out the action of...
