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Plotting Your Book: Ways Your Main Character Can Ultimately SucceedWhen reaching the climax of the story, the main character usually overcomes the central problem that he set out to solve. Still, this penultimate scene tends to play out differently from story to story so that no two tales that are truly original seem alike. READ MOREContinue reading “Ways Your Main Character Can Ultimately Succeed – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Aug. 19, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: Your Protagonist Must Solve the Story’s ProblemAmong the big mistakes novice writers make is they don’t allow their protagonist to solve the story’s central problem. READ MORE 200+ Writing Prompts That Lead To StoriesYou’re stuck on what to write so check out some writing prompts to spur your creativity. But they don’t helpContinue reading “Your Protagonist Must Solve the Story’s Problem – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Aug. 12, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: Three Potential Ways to End Your StoryIn every story, there comes a turning point or an ultimate moment in which the situation has become so intolerable that the main character must take a decisive step and emerge victorious. This scene is known as the climax. There are three possible ways the story can forContinue reading “Three Potential Ways to End Your Story – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Aug. 5, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: How to Write Your Story’s Penultimate SceneIn every story, there comes a turning point or an ultimate moment in which the situation has become so intolerable that the main character must take a decisive step and emerge victorious. This scene is known as the climax. READ MORE Master the Craft of WritingYou’ve writtenContinue reading “How to Write Your Story’s Penultimate Scene – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for July 29, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: Use Pacing to Maintain Sense of Tension in StoryAs developing your story, maintaining a sense of tension is vital. Without dramatic tension – a feeling of uncertainty in the reader about how the main character will solve (or even if he will resolve) the central problem – the story will be flat andContinue reading “Use Pacing to Maintain Sense of Tension in Story – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for July 22, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: Use Pacing to Maintain Sense of Tension in StoryAs developing your story, maintaining a sense of tension is vital. Without dramatic tension – a feeling of uncertainty in the reader about how the main character will solve (or even if he will resolve) the central problem – the story will be flat andContinue reading “Use Pacing to Maintain Sense of Tension in Story – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for July 15, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: Consider Using Counterplotting in Your Novel One solid plotting strategy for a long novel – though it also will work in a novella or a long short story – is to split the main characters into two groups and alternate the focus of scenes or chapters between them. The two groups then reuniteContinue reading “Consider Using Counterplotting in Your Novel – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for July 8, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: What is a Scene and a Vignette in Fiction?A major division of a story is a scene, in which a dramatic action occurs, usually involving the same characters at a single locale. Stories typically consist of several scenes, all of which correspond with the opening, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement. READContinue reading “What is a Scene and a Vignette in Fiction? – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for July 1, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: Use Reversals to Increase Suspense in StoryAs your main character attempts to resolve the story’s central problem, he should suffer reversals. Reversals occur when the main character’s effort to solve the crisis actually worsens the situation so that the problem is more difficult to rectify. READ MORE Marketing Tips: How to Build YourContinue reading “Use Reversals to Increase Suspense in Story – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for June 24, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: How to Build a Scene for Your Story When penning a story, concentrating on its smallest chunk – the scene – marks a good approach. Rather than be overwhelmed by the complexity and multiple layers of the entire story, focusing on this basic dramatic unit makes writing more manageable. READ MORE The Best Guide toContinue reading “How to Build a Scene for Your Story – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for June 17, 2025”