J.J. Hartly

After Forming the First Plot Point in my series Rough Story Arc, we’ve come to the point of pondering the First Pinch Point. This will be a turning

Following up on last week’s article Developing the Story Hook in my series Rough Story Arc, we’ll now discuss the Inciting Incident. What exactly is the “inciting incident”?

This week I’ve been reading Structuring Your Novel and working on my own Rough Story Arc for my stories. If you’ve not realized it from my posts and

This week I’ve been plagued by a lot of little plot bunnies and found it hard to work on my current stories. What exactly is a Plot Bunny?

If you’ve read my blog at all or you know me, then you know that I’m a little obsessed with The Hero’s Journey and all of its trappings.