Table of Contents *** Holly ran faster than Joss. After three blocks she stopped to wait for him. He caught up, bent over, and put hands on knees while panting. “I think we’re safe now.” “Yeah,” she said. “But this is still weird. How is it possible you aren’t hurt?” Joss straightened back up, still [...]

Table of Contents *** Avery Fain sat on a bench in Trundle Park. The bench sat against a group of bushes, just off the path that joggers, bicyclers, dog walkers and others frequented. As usual Avery wore a brown hooded robe. His trimmed-short-and-neat beard appeared incongruent against the backdrop of his wild, Einstein-like, white hair. [...]

Table of Contents *** The water tower’s ladder swayed, swinging out several feet before rebounding and taking Joss so close to the tower he could reach out and touch it, but he didn’t dare unlock his arms.  One was hooked around the ladder’s side.  The other,  wrapped around a rung. “You’ve got to stop moving [...]

Table of Contents *** The red-and-white checkered water tower loomed above Joss, it’s sides marred with graffiti and rust.  He looked up the metal ladder attached to its side and gulped.  “No way.” “It’s totally safe,” his friend Holly said. “I don’t know.” Joss looked up, shaking his head.  Climbing the tower was a crazy [...]

Several dozen scanned images showing a sample of the revision process.

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A story about a childhood monster in the bedroom closet

How to use Dwight Swain’s Motivation Reaction Units to construct compelling fiction.

High level ways to structure your stories including Beginning, Middle, End, The Hero’s Journey, and Dwight Swain’s Scene/Sequel pattern.