People are always sending me treatments, or outlines (usually rough ones, not proper ones addressing specific story structure and development) and asking “Nick what do you think of my story?” […]

Your end is only as good as your beginning… especially when it comes to character arcs. This following is a list of possible/potential character flaws—often the basis or anchor point […]

This is a follow up on the Choosing Your Best Concept tip… Most new and aspiring writers think their story lives and dies by its surface details. I see this […]

When you’re developing original comic IPs, what your writing about is far more important than how you write it. A weak script can be rewritten–especially with the help of a […]

I wanted to start this post off with a very specific definition of story by a famous writer. I wrote the quote down last week and have no idea where […]

People were arguing about three act structure in social media the other day. So I figured I’d chime in “real quick”. “You take the blue pill, the story ends. You […]

This picks up after I make an analogy of writing and cooking. That said, there are a couple of ingredients in a story that if done properly, can compensate quite […]

Bear with me, I’m going to tell you one of the simplest, most effective tips I know when you first sit down to write a story in just a moment… […]

Outlines are an integral step in story creation. Now I know some writers don’t like or use outlines. They prefer to just write, with the freedom to make things up […]