Here are a few of my blog posts about story elements.
The Power of Story
New Stories
Conflict Overview: The Americans
Antihero as Protagonist Luke Murphy
What Dan Brown Does Right
Analysis Watcher in the Woods
Dissecting Christie Part 1 Crooked House
Dissecting Christie Part 2
Dissecting Christie Part 3
Dissecting Christie Part 4
Dissecting Christie Part 5
Dissecting Christie Part 6
The Magic of Voice A R Kahler
Mental Detours Burn Notice
House at the End of the Street Part 1
House at the End of the Street Part 2
Going Dark
Dark Places Part 1
Dark Places Part 2
Red Sparrow: A Broken Winged Bird
Wonder Woman versus Atomic Blonde
Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses
Review of Throne of Glass
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie
Anne of Green Gables
Lessons from The Voice
A Tale of Two Dystopias Kincaid and Bracken
A Mystery with Multiple POVs Deborah Crombie
Conflicts of the Hunger Games Reading as a fan and reading as an analyst are two different experiences. To analyze a book, you have to pause after each scene and take notes, then take a longer look back at the overall arc and what worked (or failed). Here are some questions to ponder as you do so.
Story Analysis Questions Next week's post is a questionnaire to help you with your analysis of books.
Story Building Blocks: The Four Layers of Conflict, available in ebook and print, was the result of my analyses of what makes good fiction. You can learn about the process and access free tools and forms at http://dianahurwitz.com/sbbbooks.html
