Consider Using Episodic Fiction Plot Structure – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Oct. 21, 2025

Plotting Your Book: Consider Using Episodic Fiction Plot Structure
One powerful way to write a novel is episodically. Called episodic fiction, it breaks from the traditional introduction-rising action-climax story structure by presenting an anthology of brief stories or anecdotes usually about a single character, set of characters, or place. READ MORE

Writing Advice: How to Overcome Writer’s Block
There are many reasons people get writer’s block – their mind is preoccupied, the environment they’re writing in isn’t conducive to creating, the idea they’ve come up with isn’t particularly good, a lack of imagination or skill to develop the story, coming to the laptop with no idea to write about, and many more. My new book, Overcoming Writer’s Block, helps you understand the cause of your writer’s block then goes into detail on strategies for overcoming each one. SEE BOOK

Writing Tip: Speed up Story by Curtailing Dramatic Narration
Sometimes events in a story must be summed up, that is told rather than shown. When doing so, the author makes use of dramatic narration. Typically, the dramatic narration (aka summary narration) compresses time between scenes. READ MORE

Self-Publishing Tip: What are the Steps in the Publishing Process?
How does the written work get moved from editing to publishing – how does that process work? The details of the process are different for everyone, but every aspiring book writer follows the same general steps. READ MORE

This Week’s Podcast: Does a Self-Published Author Need to Incorporate?
When self-publishing a book, you essentially are starting a business. So should you incorporate? Most authors will say the general answer is “no.” LISTEN TO PODCAST

Book Marketing Tip: Where to Find Reviewers for Your Book
When other readers and writers give good reviews of your book, it will translate into additional sales. Perhaps even more importantly, it increases your name recognition, raising anticipation for and sales of your next title. The challenge then is to find reviewers. READ MORE

Client Spotlight: “The Marks of the Feather” by Imee C. Nudas
Last year, I had the privilege of editing multiple drafts of Imee C. Nudas’ fantasy long poem, The Marks of the Feather. Imee came up with a winner! Written in decasyllabic quatrain, the story of Maximus and Layna begins tragically when they are cursed by a dark spell. While their lives seem forever changed and their fate determined for the worst, nothing would prepare them for when their paths cross. Suddenly, they find themselves enthralled in a magical world bewitched by each other’s wondrous gifts and indelible mark. But will the mark be powerful enough to alter their fates and vanquish the dark spell they are under? CHECK IT OUT

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of both aspiring and published writers and offers a variety of self-publishing services. During the past 15 years, I’ve helped more than 400 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of a novel, the Storytelling 101 Quick Read series, four children’s books, more than 25 bestselling hiking guidebooks, and even a book of poetry. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.