A premise describes the dramatic situation at the heart of a narrative. The following five-step premise development framework helps you collect the raw ingredients of exceptional storytelling (and marketing!) in one place.
A premise describes the dramatic situation at the heart of a narrative. The following five-step premise development framework helps you collect the raw ingredients of exceptional storytelling (and marketing!) in one place.
To prevent (or fix) infodumps, “muddy” middles, and pointless tangents, cultivate meaningful dramatic tension in every scene. Here’s how!
I designed the Plot Pattern to be a plot development “quick start guide”—simple enough to grasp quickly and flexible enough to suit any genre. It is a six-step story recipe that calls for two basic ingredients: a predicament and a protagonist.
