How to Start an Isekai Story
Isekai, or “second world,” stories are a staple of light novels and webfiction for many reasons. They start with a natural hook that makes readers interested, and...
Five Old Writer’s Tricks that Never Fail to keep Readers Reading
The greatest criticism you can say about a story is that it’s boring. But have you ever wondering why that’s such a criticism? Why is it that...
March 29, 2021
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Four Essential Stories to Make Your Writing Stronger
While there are an infinite number of possible stories, the vast majority of them fall into one of four categories. These four “essential” stories are the most...
Exploratory Manga – Educational Manga That Take You For A Ride
There are a few less common manga genres that probably deserve more attention than they get, and one of these is the Exploratory Manga. Now, when I...
The Onion Method: Building Better Stories by Talking to Yourself
Reimena Yee’s Onion Method For Outlining Graphic Novels is one of the more interesting approaches I’ve seen to planning a story in a while. At first I...
September 7, 2020
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Mary Robinette Kowal’s Short Story Building Process
I recently posted about how author and writing teacher Mary Robinette Kowal uses the M.I.C.E. Quotient to help focus her stories, but while going through her blog...
The (Classic Doyle) Whydunnit Formula
‘Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?’ ‘To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.’ ‘The dog did nothing...
The (Classic Doyle) Howdunnit Formula
Solving “impossible crimes” was one of the things Holmes was most famous for, and Doyle was fond of coming up with puzzles to challenge his great creation....
The (Classic Doyle) Whodunnit Formula
Without a doubt, the whodunnit is the most popular type of mystery there is in modern culture, and if you read or watch a mystery story today,...
The Three Mysteries of Arthur Conan Doyle
While making my way through Stephen Fry’s astoundingly good Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection on Audible, I began to notice a pattern in Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories....