Premise vs Logline: Use Each Without Getting Stuck
A premise describes the story's core situation and pressure, often for development; a logline compresses a particular version of the story for a reader,…
How to Test a Story Premise Before Drafting
Test a story premise by naming a specific protagonist, destabilizing change, consequential want, active opposition, and reason action cannot wait.
Drafting Tools
How to Choose Point of View for a Story: A Scene Test
Choose point of view by deciding whose experience organizes the story, what the narrator can know, and how that voice shapes the reader's understanding.
Drafting ToolsHow to Write Subtext in Dialogue: A Revision Exercise
Give a fictional character something they want to communicate but a reason not to say it directly.
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