By Wallace Wang, Blogger Here’s the biggest mistake writers make when telling a story. They think a story should focus on a hero overcoming a problem in pursuit of a goal. Wrong. The real purpose of a story is to grab and hold someone’s attention from start to finish. If…
Ask almost any new writer to tell you about their story idea…. And something profound will happen The story is immediately transfigured, the majestic, beautiful, articulate thing in their head is… now a rambling, thirteen-page dissertation on every character, their backstories, and the entire history of the made-up world. It’s…
