Discusses and analyzes twenty plots that recur throughout all genres of fiction; and provides information for writers on how to develop the plots for use in their own stories.

"Writing Fiction Step by Step gives you more than 200 exercises that will sharpen your writing skills while helping you develop complete short stories, even novels. In this sequel to his very popular Fiction Writer's Workshop, Whiting Award-winning author Josip Novakovich shows you that writing fiction is about making connections--between character and plot, setting and conflict, memory and imagination. You'll make these connections by linking the...

"To reach the heart of a great story, writers must cross the treacherous terrain of personal, social and mythological urgings aching for release. To help writers navigate the chaos and disorder of a story's arrival, this guide brings forth a legendary compass built of the creative wisdom of our literary ancestors and calibrated to the brilliant teachers of our time. The Universal Grammar of Story is an essential theory of storytelling revealing precisely...