At left: To help students in his "Creative Nonfiction" class understand how a piece of writing is assembled, McPhee sketches primitive diagrams that illustrate a story's structure. This diagram maps ...

Incorporating a three-act structure can add tension, character depth, and change game world dynamics. What makes a classic story? The question is a bit more complicated than it seems. Is something ...

The classic three act story structure — a setting and character setup followed by a confrontation that ends in a resolution — is popular among writers in all media. But ditching this ...