A logline conveys the dramatic story of a film or book in the most abbreviated manner possible. It's the briefest summary showing both your plot and hook to stimulate interest.

Reedsy, the excellent site for writers, had this list of 23 Psychological Thrillers That Will Mess With Your Head and I had to log it somewhere so I could remember to come back and read every Psych

I am writing my first Psychological Thriller and wanted to log these notes for future novels. I thought other writers of this genre may find this interesting.

Michael Hauge goes one step further by saying the best heroes must achieve two compelling goals: an outer journey of accomplishment; and a deeper, inner journey of transformation and fulfillment.

This all sounds extremely formulaic, but it doesn’t have to be.

Plotting and structuring a novel is like driving a car without driving lessons. Or like building a skyscraper on a shed’s foundations.

This image looks like a child has scribbled all over their parent's story structure, but it's not. It is in fact the 6 emotional story arcs that dominate fiction.

In my latest historical thriller, Elixa, I wanted to add a scene where my character has a sword fight.

I have always used and preferred Michael Hauge's story structure, simply because it comes naturally to me while writing.

All writers want to write memorable and believable villains that readers love to hate. But how do you create a remarkable villain with depth and believability?

Many writers get completely bogged down with story structure. There are so many different formulas and models in the writing world so its easy to see how that can happen.

When I wrote a post on why we humans loved to be scared, I realised that millions of people don't like reading thrillers becau

When I was little my darling Mom always took us to new movies. I remember one time we went along and my sisters wanted to see a scary film.