Arkenstein XII‭

One element of the former platform that I made great use of, was the ability to assign 'Favourite' status to a question that I particularly wanted to be able to find again. This feature made it a s...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Arkenstein XII‭

As I understand it, when considering the Three-Act Structure, the first half of Act One prior to the Inciting Incident is used to show the reader the 'Ordinary World'. In the story I am working on...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Arkenstein XII‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Assuming the detainer is a police officer, in many jurisdictions this would be considered unnecessary force, i.e. illegal, and would likely result in the detainee having to be released. Police fo...

posted 7y ago by Arkenstein XII‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

The concept of the 'Magic Wand' predates Harry Potter by at least a handful of millennia. Consider the 'Rod of Circe' in Homer's Odyssey which is used to magically transform Odysseus's men into pig...

posted 7y ago by Arkenstein XII‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

I have a story in mind which I am confident will fit a three-act structure very well. However, I am uncertain about the exposition that I have been writing, as it feels a bit stifled, almost as tho...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Arkenstein XII‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

In my exploration of story structure, I have encountered some conflicting advice. In some instances, it has been suggested that the midpoint of a story represents the moment that the protagonist s...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Arkenstein XII‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Consider Nightfall by Issac Asimov & Robert Silverberg. The novel was published in 1990, but it was actually an expansion of a short story that Asimov originally wrote in 1941. Unless you hav...

posted 7y ago by Arkenstein XII‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭