Have you ever wanted to learn my story-telling process, the steps I take in developing a story? Now you can with this video. It was made at the Realm Makers (RM) Conference in 2019, and RM has graciously allowed me… Read More ›
Story Development
Watch a story develop over time
Story Development – Heaven Came Down Part 1
This is a new story I am working on that I can discuss with my Patreon supporters. Heaven Came Down (Part 1) – Bryan Davis Ben set his plasma rifle on the ground and propped the angel’s corpse against a… Read More ›
Story Development – Search for The Astral Dragon
A lengthy excerpt from my new story, Search for the Astral Dragon, is below. First a bit of discussion: I decided to gear my new story toward young adults instead of middle-grade readers. That allows me more flexibility with regard… Read More ›
Search for The Astral Dragon – Part Two: Emotional Bonding
Let’s continue analyzing the beginning of this story, this time with emotional bonding in mind. Here is a link to the story’s first two chapters: Story Development – A Space Adventure This time we will look at the aspects I… Read More ›
Search for the Astral Dragon Analysis – Part One
Let’s analyze the beginning of this story and see how it satisfies the suggestions I made for a good story launch: Here is a link to the story’s first two chapters: Story Development – A Space Adventure We will first… Read More ›
Story Development – A Space Adventure
I am posting this beginning of my new story to discuss aspects of story development, which I hope will take place in the comments section. I posted earlier versions of it almost two years ago, and this is updated with… Read More ›
Story Development – Let the Ghosts Speak Part 4
Parts 1, 2, and 3 of Let the Ghosts Speak brought the story to the crisis event, which some call the inciting incident. Because of this incident, the protagonist’s normal world will never be the same. He will now have to… Read More ›
Story Development – Let the Ghosts Speak Part 3
In Parts 1 and 2 of Let the Ghosts Speak, we saw the essential beginnings of a story as well as how to establish an emotional attachment between readers and the protagonist. Part 2 also began the revealing of the… Read More ›
Story Development – Let the Ghosts Speak Part 2
In Part 1 of Let the Ghosts Speak, we saw the essential beginnings of a story. Grab the reader’s attention with a hook beginning (“I have forgotten love. My chains have driven it from me.”) Raise questions that the reader… Read More ›
Story Development – Let the Ghosts Speak Part 1
It’s time for a new story development series. Let the Ghosts Speak is a story that I introduced in a critique group post, and I am now making it into a novel for adults and older teens. As you read, look… Read More ›