Writing beginnings and endings

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This anchor chart represent what the beginning, middle, and end of a story should include. The students refer back to it when writing their own stories.

Here's 3 ideas I've learned from reading bestselling novels on how to write "un-put-downable" chapter endings...

This is for the start your story with a sentence that is genuinely happy and upbeat, no double meanings. End it with the same sentence but this time it's chilling, horrifying, dark etc.

Story structure is one of the vital pillars of a story. It is what brings your story from beginning to end in a pattern that makes sense and will be familiar (and satisfying) to the reader. Writing a story with a specific story structure in mind may help you create a more solid story that your read

If you’re writing the start or middle of your novel, the following two articles will help: How to Write the First Chapter of a Novel How to Write the Middle of a Novel If you’re working on the ending of your novel, we’ve included 5 tips for you below. 1. Give yourself time Ending […]

Well, we have finally come to the end of my impromptu series of lists of motives, goals, conflicts and epiphanies for your character, and so it wouldn’t take a genius to work out that today…

Outlining can be both the most exciting and sometimes the most difficult part of the writing process, especially when you’re trying to draft a novel in only 30 days. So I came up with a solut…