Image by Shutterstock What Is a Throughline in Writing? What it is, why it's important, and how to create one. December 30, 2022January 5, 2023 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Q&A: How Do I Start My Plot? Submitted by Murphie, answered by Oren Ashkenazi January 3, 2022December 30, 2021 in Storytelling
Episode 340: Subplots Subplots and exciting Tea Discourse! August 15, 2021September 29, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Svend Phillips
Six Signs of a Weak Throughline If the throughline isn’t working, chances are good that little else is. July 10, 2021July 8, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Storytelling
Your Plot Is a Fractal Your story recreates the same three-point structure at every scale. May 7, 2021May 28, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Five Stories With Anticlimactic Endings When the climax is a disappointment, the whole story suffers. August 22, 2020June 28, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
The Dual Plot Structure That Makes Stories a Success November 9, 2018January 7, 2020 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Episode 171: Writing Your Passion We all want to write what we’re passionate about, but sometimes that’s not as simple as it sounds. May 20, 2018August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Wes Matlock, and Chris Winkle
Q&A: Where Should I Start My Story? Answered by Chris Winkle April 30, 2018August 26, 2021 in Storytelling
The One Big Thing That Most Manuscripts Lack Without a throughline, novelists can waste countless hours writing in the wrong direction. March 2, 2018December 21, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Episode 148: Throughlines in Roleplaying Games December 10, 2017August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Rhys Subitch, and Wes Matlock
Six Novels With Weak Throughlines If a story's central problem is weak or its focus meandering, boredom ensues. October 21, 2017June 14, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 131: Throughlines A throughline is the story’s core, the problem that opens in the beginning and concludes in the climax. August 13, 2017August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Establishing and Satisfying Plot Threads How to keep your story on track from beginning to end. December 26, 2014December 21, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
Tying Your Plot Together How to weave your story's strands together into a cohesive whole. January 10, 2014December 21, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
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