Every story is unique, we know that. They have to be, because who would want to buy books if they were all the same? But regardless of this, there are elements to all stories that are similar – these are the building blocks of a story, the scaffolding, if you will, and if you want to write, you better know how to build a stable scaffold if you’re going to balance your story on it…

Conflict - The Lifeblood of Any Story

Pace - The Speed of Change

Scenes – When Something Changes

Significance – The Question of Import (And Over Writing)

Themes - The You In Writing