Part 1 in a multi-part series on the process of writing a book

The oldest form of storytelling: Oral narrative. People gathered around a fire to listen to the spoken words of a story. A medium marked by constant change and artistic adjustment to cater to each audience.

Making people laugh out loud can be one of the hardest things in writing, but so rewarding. Here are a few tips to learn how to do it.

Suzanne Collins’ latest installment in the Hunger Games series. A prequel of Coriolanus Snow’s involvement with the Hunger Games when he is young.

Act I is crucial for hooking a reader and propelling them into the story.

Author Nicholas Townsend Smith shares his journey to create The Giants and the Smalls, a children’s book about reaching your true potential.

PhD Candidate Klayton Tietjen shares his studies of Medieval French Epic Poetry, some of France’s oldest literature. Stories of heroism, extreme violence, and rebellion that shaped the cast system of the Knights.

Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither will your manuscript. It takes consistent effort to move your story forward. Here are some tools to keep the momentum up.

Writer, Director, and Professor of Film at BYU, Jeff Parkin shares strategies that help novices avoid rookie mistakes when crafting a script

A good story will continue to reveal interesting and surprising details about a character as it develops. Here are a few tricks to showing who your characters are.