A story guide you can spread out on the desk.
Explore 30 approaches to story structure, then bring the questions that help into your own writing.
Keep the comparison chart beside your draft. Read a framework in full. Print a worksheet and work through an idea with a pencil.
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Look inside ↓A reference you can use while writing
The full comparison chart, a chapter on each framework, printable worksheets, and reference calculations for different story lengths.
Start with the question your story needs.
If the middle feels repetitive, compare how frameworks develop pressure and change. If you have an ending, work backward to the events that make it possible. If an idea is still loose, use a worksheet to discover what you want to explore.
The guide presents several ways to understand a story. Its charts put them on a common scale for comparison. Treat the positions as references and use your judgment about what belongs in your draft.
Prefer to work on screen?
The free outline workspace lets you keep notes against a framework and compare suggested placements in others. Your writing stays in this browser, with downloadable backups you can reopen.
Created by Jacob Sager. The guide is an independent educational resource; it is not endorsed by the authors whose work it discusses.