It might surprise you to know that the Thriller and the Romance story structure have some things in common. Firstly, and most importantly, both story structures revolve around emotion and a relationship. In the romance the relationship is between the two protagonists or lovers and the central emotional arc is the discovery of love. In the thriller the relationship is between the protagonist and the antagonist and the central emotional arc is the destruction of love and the ex

Plotting Definitions for Novels Story structures for novels have largely been adapted from the pure story telling structures of film. But there are differences in the way scripts and novels are organised so it can sometimes be difficult to figure out how to adapt one to the other. When working with story structure, you begin at the highest level with the 3 (or 5) act structure which is devolved into story points or plotline elements. These are the points in the story stru

Exploring Story Structure for Plotting Pantsing vs Outlining Pantsers argue that trying to structure their story ahead of time makes...